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Laxá I Power Station
Installed capacity

5

MW
Average discharge

43

m³/s
Head

39

m
Catchment area

1.550

km²
Main designers and contractors
Árni Pálsson

Engineer

Højgaard og Schultz

Denmark

Producers of turbines and generators
Engine 1 (turbine)

Kværner Brug, Norway

Engine 1 (generator)

A/s Titan, Denmark

Engine 2 (turbine)

James Leffel & Co, The United States

Engine 2 (generator)

Westinghouse, The United States

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