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Steingríms Power Station

1959Hydropower

Steingríms Power Station came online on 6 August 1959 and located at lake Úlfljótsvatn.

Third largest power station in the Sog area

2 x Francis turbines

Steingríms Power Station is the third station built in the River Sog area. The station harnesses the head where the Upper Sog drains from Lake Þingvallavatn into Lake Úlfljótsvatn. A dam was built at the outflow of Lake Þingvallavatn, with the headrace tunnel running through Dráttarhlíð, which separates Lake Þingvallavatn and Lake Úlfljótsvatn, and into an open-air surgepond above the powerhouse. The outflow from Lake Þingvallavatn is on average approximately 100 m3/s.

The station came on-line in 1959, and the installed capacity is 26.4 MW.

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