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Denmark, Greenland - dk/13

Buksefjord Hydro

  16 km of tunnels from Lake Kang to Buksefjord for first hydropower plant on the island. 10.6 km x 28 sq m hydraulic tunnel and 1.3 km x 28 sq m tailrace. Turbine hall 63 m long, 12 m wide and 21 m maximum height to house 2 x 15 MW turbines. Access to powerhouse is 590 m x 32 sq m, plus two 9 sq m feedwater tunnels, 720 m-long and 1,150 m-long. Nuuk-kraft consortium using Atlas Copco Boomers in hard, metamorphic rock with quartz content of 30 - 50 %. May 1992.



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