Sisimiut Hydro Power Plant


Sisimiut Hydro Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant near Sisimiut, Greenland. Construction started in March 2007 and the plant was commissioned on 7 April 2010. The initial capacity of the power plant is 15 MW. It is owned by the national power company, Nukissiorfiit.
The plant was designed by Verkís, constructed by Ístak and commissioned by Landsvirkjun, all Icelandic companies. The construction included of concrete constructions, a blasted tunnel with length of and a pressure pipe with length of. The altitude difference is. Produced electricity is transferred to Sisimiut by new long 60 kV high voltage lines.