Blåsjø

The Blåsjø is the tenth largest lake in Norway. It is located in the municipality Bykle in Aust -Agder and the municipalities Hjelmeland and Suldal in Rogaland.

The Blåsjø is a reservoir and acts as a reservoir for the hydroelectric plant Ulla- Førreverkene. On flood retention basin is also the Saurdal power plant ( Saurdal Kraftverk ). The lake has an energy potential of about 7.8 TWh per year. The reservoir as such has the largest energy reservoir of Norway and is an area of ​​84.48 km ², the ninth largest lake in the country. Around the lake are some of Norway's largest dams. The entire dam on the lake is 1300 m long and its construction 255 000 cubic meters of concrete were consumed. The building is Norway's largest concrete dam was built by the engineering firm Chr F. Groner A / S. In 1989, the dam Norwegian Architecture Prize Betongtavlen for use in an environmentally sound, aesthetic and technically outstanding way of concrete.

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The Storvass Dam

The flood retention basins and dam at the reservoir Blåsjø.

Partial view of the dam the flood retention basin from Lake Blåsjø.

The reservoir Blåsjø from Mount Snønuten of view.