Bukse Fjord hydroelectric power station
| Bukse Fjord hydroelectric power station | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 55 '16 " N , 50 ° 53' 26" W | |
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 Greenland
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| Waters | Utoqqarmiut Kangerluarsunnguat (Buksefjorden) | |
| power plant | ||
| owner | Nukissiorfiit | |
| Start of operation | 1993 | |
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| Turbines | 3 | |
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| was standing | 2013 | |
The Bukse Fjord hydropower plant is the first hydropower plant in Greenland . It is located about 50 km southeast of the capital Nuuk .
The power plant, built in 1993, is 600 m deep in a mountain and consists of tunnels with a total length of 14 km. The lake Kangerluarsunnguup Tasersua , from which the power station is fed, is located 249 m above the water level in the fjord. With an effective volume of 1.9 km³, it contains more than six times the annual consumption of the power plant. After its completion, the power plant was initially equipped with two turbines, each delivering 15 MW. A third turbine was added at the end of 2008, resulting in a total output of 45 MW. The generated electricity is supplied to the Greenlandic capital Nuuk. For this purpose, a 57 km long overhead line with an operating voltage of 132 kV was built, which also leads over the two fjords Ameralik and Kangerluarsunnguaq (Kobbefjord). In order to span the Ameralik, the world's largest span in overhead line construction was realized with a 5376 m long section.
In the meantime, more hydropower plants have been built in Greenland, for example at Sisimiut and Qorlortorsuaq .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hydropower in Greenland. Greenland Development Inc., archived from the original on August 14, 2013 ; accessed on January 29, 2017 (English).
- ↑ a b J. Raae Andersen and Elisabeth Teisen: Grønlands første store vandkraftværk. In: Ingeniøren. July 6, 1990, accessed March 8, 2013 (Danish).
- ↑ a b Buksefjorden for fuld kraft. In: Sermitsiaq. December 5, 2008, accessed March 8, 2013 (Danish).
- ^ Peter A. Friis, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen: Denmark - Greenland and the Faeroe Islands - Greenland. Udenrigsministeriet , archived from the original on April 22, 2010 ; accessed on March 8, 2013 .