Kvåle Power Plant is located about 20 minutes drive north from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane county.

The power plant is a “run-off river” consisting of 2 pcs Francis turbines, each generator with installed capacity of 2.75 MVA. There is installed pipeline along the river between the intake on the mountain and the power plant at the end of a large lake, close by Norway’s (and the world's) longest fjord, Sognefjorden (the sea).

Main data:

Head: 112 m

Turbine: 2 pcs Horizontal Francis

Turbine speed: 1000 rpm

Generator: 2 pcs Marelli Motori, each 1000 rpm, 2.75 MVA

Photo: From the opening of Kvåle Power Plant in 2009