Olidan Powerstation
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Olidan is the name of a hydropower station located in Trollhättan. First opened in 1910, it was the first large scale attempt at generating electricity from water in Sweden. The building of Olidan led to the founding of the swedish Waterfall agency, which later became Vattenfall.
While the first four turbines were taken into service in 1910, the building continued and by 1914 another four were introduced. Due to increasing demand, as well as increasing capacity due to the regulation of Göta älv, another five were then built, and by 1921 Olidan carried a total of 13 turbines. 10 of these are still functioning, while the other 3 are used as spare part repositories. However, nowadays it's rare that more than 3 are used at the same time. Each turbine has a production capacity of 10MW.
When Olidan were completed in 1924, planning began for a second station called Håjum (first taken into service in 1938).
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