The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted Statkraft Energi AS permission to build Fykanvannet power plant in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland. The power plant will have an annual output of 12 GWh, corresponding to the energy consumption of around 600 households.

The power plant will have a gross head of water of 88 metres. The actual generating unit will be located inside the existing Glomfjord power station. The Fykanvannet lake, which will be the power plant’s forebay, will be regulated by lowering the water level by up to two metres during the winter months. It has been decided that an existing tunnel from a previous power station can be used as the intake tunnel from the Fykanvannet lake into the new plant. New pipes will be laid from the outlet of the old tunnel and down to Glomfjord power station. 

The stipulation has been made that a high water level must be maintained in the Fykanvannet lake from 1 June to the end of October. This will largely compensate for the negative effects of regulation on the landscape and on outdoor pursuits, and will ensure high water levels for trout stocks during their spawning period.

In the light of this requirement, the NVE feels that the level of conflict arising as a result of construction of the plant will be considerably reduced, and that the benefits of construction will be greater than the disadvantages for general and private interests.  

Key figures:

• Installed capacity: 2.2MW  
• Mean annual output: 12 GWh
• Construction costs: NOK 27 million