The Steingrímsstöd Station is the third station built in the River Sog area. The station harnesses the head where the Upper Sog drains from Lake Thingvallavatn into Lake Úlfljótsvatn. A dam was built at the outflow of Lake Thingvallavatn, with the headrace tunnel running through Dráttarhlíd, which separates Lake Thingvallavatn and Lake Úlfljótsvatn, and into an open-air surgepond above the powerhouse. The outflow from Lake Thingvallavatn is on average approximately 100 m3/s.
The station came on-line in 1959, and the installed capacity is 27 MW.
Steingrímsstöð | |
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Vatnasvið: | 1000 km2 |
Fallhæð: | 27 m |
Afl: | 27 MW |
Hönnun: | E. Pihl & Søn, Danmörku |
Almenna byggingafélagið | |
Verklegar framkvæmdir | |
Helstu Verktakar: | E. Pihl & Søn, Danmörku |
Almenna byggingafélagið | |
Verklegar framkvæmdir | |
Framleiðendur hverfla og rafala | |
Hverflar: | Maschinenfabrik B. Maier A.G., Vestur Þýskalandi |
Rafalar: | ASEA, Svíþjóð |