Senneset Power Plant

Senneset Power Plant is located in Sunnfjord municipality, Vestland county.

The project

Senneset Power Plant received its concession as far back as 2010, and it would take 10 years for the facility to become a reality. It proved to be a lengthy process to secure a grid agreement with BKK (Sunnfjord Energi).

The facility, with a total waterway of 2,060 m, was constructed in approximately 9 months. The work was carried out efficiently and robustly. The intake dam and the restoration of the terrain were excellently executed, and all landowners are very satisfied.


During the construction of the facility, Bjarte Skår focused on reducing the use of concrete to create a climate-adapted plant that will deliver clean, renewable energy for many years.

The installed capacity is 1.8 MW on a Pelton turbine, and the power plant has an average annual production of 4.9 GWh.

Technical data

Rainfall field

6,3 km²

Minimum water flow

Summer: 30 l/s
Winter: 20 l/s

Intake elevation

350,0 m

Power station elevation

135,0 m

Drop height

215,0 m

Production

4,9 GWh
This corresponds to electricity for 306 households.