The facility is constructed with a roadless intake at 556 meters above sea level. The intake is built on loose sediments, has the lowest possible profile, and is neatly stone-clad around the basin. From the intake, there is 100 meters of buried pipeline before the waterway continues through a borehole down to the power plant. The borehole is lined with stainless steel pipe along its entire length (1,515 m).
The power plant is beautifully situated by the fjord, with the glass façade facing the fjord and Strandebarm. The discharge from the power plant is designed with a water trap, which both dampens noise and creates an attractive small waterfall when the power plant is operating.
Due to the visible waterfall, Stampaelva has been assigned a very high minimum water flow during summer of 580 l/s. This is more than half of the average water flow. For the same reason, the power plant has a low intake capacity of 1.22 m³/s (118% of the average water flow).
