Blanda Power Station

Blanda Power Station (Icelandic: Blöndustöð) is a dam and hydroelectric on the Blanda River within the northern edge of the highlands in Iceland.[1]

Blanda Power Station

The Blanda Station came on-line in 1991. It is located on the northern edge of the high-lands near the end of the Kjalvegur Mountain Road. To the north is a view over the Blöndu-dalur Valley where the River Blanda flows out to the sea near the town of Blönduós. The Blanda Station is an underground plant, located approximately 230 metres below the surface.[2][3]

Power station
  • Installed capacity - 150 MW
  • 3 Francis turbines - 3 x 50 MW
  • Generation capacity 910 GWh p.a.
  • Total head 287 m
  • Maximum flow 60 m3/s
  • Brought online 1991-1992

References
  1. "Blanda Power Station". Landsvirkjun. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. "Blanda Power Station - The National Power Company of Iceland". Landsvirkjun. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  3. "Blanda Power Station". NAT. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2019-05-28.

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