Storfinnsforsen Hydro Dam

Making a 50 year-old hydropower dam safer than when it was built.

Client: E.ON., Sweden

Challenges Renovate 50 year-old hydropower dam Largest concrete dam in Sweden Temperature variation & water pressure lead to cracks in 800 m long, 40 m high dam Annual production capacity of 543 GWh Part of E.ON dam-safety project

Solutions Operational start up test procedure New bridges, stronger & wider fairway New wicket gate control system Hydropower station & turbine renovation Safer now than when constructed 100 years before next maintenance