The Svorka Hydroelectric Power Station () is a

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Surnadal Municipality is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Bøverfjorden, Glærem, Moen, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, T ...

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.Statkraft: Svorka kraftverk.
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Bøverfjorden Bøverfjorden (unofficial spellings: ''Bæverfjord'' or ''Bøverfjord'') is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies on the shore of Hamnesfjord along County Road 65 where the Bøvra River empties into the ...

. It utilizes a drop of from the lake ''Langvatnet'', which is regulated between and , to the

Bøvra The Bøvra (unofficially: ''Bævra'') is a river in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and in Rindal Municipality and Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river runs through the Bøver Valley and empties into H ...

River. The Svorka River is also regulated for the plant. Its catchment area is . Water is also transferred from several lakes: ''Litlbøvervatnet'' is regulated between and , ''Solåsvatnet'' and ''Geitøyvatnet'' are regulated between and , and ''Andersvatnet'' is regulated between and . The plant has a

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and operates at an installed capacity of , and has an average annual production of about . The plant came into operation in 1963 and is owned 50% each by Svorka Energi and

Statkraft Statkraft AS is a hydropower Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power or water energy, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is ac ...

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{{reflist Hydroelectric power stations in Norway Surnadal Energy infrastructure completed in 1963