Tuggen hydro power station
Facts
Country
Sweden
Electricity Capacity
98 MWe
Stream
Ume älv
Head
28 m
Water discharge
480 m³/s
Turbine type
Kaplan
Vattenfall ownership share
100 %
Status
In Operation
Water information
Above pond
Below pond
Total
Through turbine
Through pond hatch
Last update
Tuggen Hydro Power Station is situated by the Ume Älv River approximately 20 kilometres downstream of the town of Lycksele. The Tuggen facility utilises 28 metres of the total 39 metres of head (drop) that Vattenfall owns in the Ume Älv River. Construction of the facility started in 1957 and it was first commissioned in 1962. The machine hall is situated above ground.
Tuggen incorporates Kaplan turbines and a head (drop) of 28 metres.