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the history lesson<br />
difficult access? no problem!<br />
thejukla poWerplant from 1974,isone of <strong>Statkraft</strong>’spowerplantsatthe Folgefonnaglacier.The<br />
developmentoffered numerouschallenges, includingcreating far<br />
more complexhydraulicsystemsthanwas common at thetime.<br />
Adecision was also made to place the machinery for the Juklavatn reservoir<br />
down by the two deeper discharge valves east and west of the reservoir. Analmost<br />
200-metre long angled shaft with stairs leads down to the valve chamber. The adjacent<br />
instrument chamber has both ventilation facilities and asleeping chamber<br />
with emergency provisions. During the construction period, when this picture was<br />
taken, access to the chamber was through an entryway in the steep rock face with<br />
ahelipad. You could also access the chamber from above with aladder or below,<br />
with aboat and arope ladder. Inorder to secure access during winter, aconcrete<br />
tunnel with stairs was built in1975.<br />
Juklavatn isregulated between 1060 and 950 metres above sea level, and has<br />
an installed capacity of 40 MW.<br />
Read more about the power plant in the recently published “They tamed the water.”<br />
emergency<br />
rations<br />
are included
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