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Höljes Hydroelectric Power Station

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The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Höljes Hydroelectric Power Station (Swedish: Höljes kraftverk) is a hydroelectric power plant on the Klarälven in Torsby Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden. The power plant was operational in 1962. It is owned and operated by Fortum.

Höljes Dam is an embankment dam with the spillway on the right side.

The power plant contains 2 Francis turbine-generators. The total nameplate capacity is 127.8 MW. Its average annual generation is 533 GWh. The hydraulic head is 88 m.

"Höljes Dam". Wikimapia. Retrieved 2016-06-06.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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