Sauda hydro project in conceptual design to include four generating stations: Botnavatn with 3.66 km x 18.5 sq m headrace, 6,000 cu m power cavern, and 280 m surge shaft; Dalvatn Nord with 11.5 km x 25 sq m headrace, 13,500 cu m power cavern, 880 m intake shaft and 190 m surge shaft; Sonna H with 11.23 km x 52 sq m headrace, 12.3 km of transfer tunnels, 1,060 m intake shaft and 550 m surge shaft; and Sonna L with 1.25 km x 90 sq m tailrace and 280 m surge shaft. Geology is clayey schist and granite with phyllites and excavation will be by TBM and drill/blast with rockbolts and shotcrete. Cost is estimated at $330 million and financing is not yet in place. Invitations to tender for engineering design expected October, 2000 and for tunnelling one year later with a view to a start in 2002. Consultants Statkraft Engineering and Groner A/S. Contact Statkraft, fax +47 6757 7988 or Groner, fax +47 247 1606 for more details. February 2000.