Sima Power Plant
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Currently, you're facing the Station Hall of the Sima Power Plant, showcasing exemplary Norwegian engineering in hydropower advancement. In terms of total capacity, Sima ranks as Norway's second-largest power plant. After a long political struggle, it was decided to plan two independent waterways, Sy Sima and Lang Sima, where the power would be processed here in Simadalen, with the operations center in Sauda. The work was carried out from 1973 to 1981 and cost nearly three billion kroners at that time. In this area, more than 60 kilometers of tunnels and shafts have been built to draw water from Langvatn, Rundavatn, Rembesdalsvatn, and Sysenvatnet, all lined with stone-filled dam walls. Additionally, the power plant controls the flow of VĂžringsfossen, Skykkjedalsfossen, and Rembesdalsfossen waterfalls. The Station Hall is located 700 meters inside the mountain itself; it is 200 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 40 meters high. One could say that the hall could accommodate a residential building of 14 floors, with approximately 450 apartments for 2,000 people. The power plant has an annual production of approximately 3 TWh (3 billion kilowatt-hours). For comparison, this is almost equivalent to the annual consumption of a city the size of Bergen.