page_title: Botnur power plant
hierarchical_section_title: Botnur power plant
caption_attribution_description: English: The hydro-electric powerplant in Botni was built in 1920-21, ready to use in 1921. The people in Vágur celebrated the opening of this first electric power plant in the Faroes on 18 July 1921. The mayor, Petur Dahl, also known as Petur á Gørðunum, arranged a party in the public school, where he switched on the ligths for the first time. The hydro-electric powerplant in Botni is still in use, but in 1982 an additional powerplant was built on Oyrarnar in Vágur, next to the sea on the southern side of the fjord. These two powerplants provide electricity to the island Suðuroy, which is not connected to the main area due to large distance. When they have a black-out in the main area of the Faroes, Suðuroy still has power and vice-versa. In 1963 Elfelagið Suðuroy joined SEV, which is for the whole country (Faroe Islands). Føroyskt: Vatnorkuverkið í Botni (elektrisitetsverkið í Botni), Botnur í Vági, var bygt í 1921 og var tað fyrsta av sínum slag í Føroyum. Tað er enn í nýtslu og veit streym til borgarar og virki í Suðuroynni, saman við elverkinum á Oyrunum í Vági og elverkinum í Trongisvági. Vatnorkuverkið í Botni er tað einasta vatnorkuverkið í Suðuroynni. Onnur vatnorkuverk eru: Heygaverkið, Fossáverkið, Mýruverkiðm Eiðisverkið og Strond. Tað var Vágs kommuna ið bygdi verkið. Borgarstjóri tá var Petur Dahl, eisini kendur sum Petur á Gørðunum.
context_page_description: Botnur power plant is a hydroelectric power station supplying the Faroe Islands island of Suðuroy with electricity. It is located to the north of Vágur. Botnur was the first hydroelectric plant built in the Faroes.
  The plant was built by the municipality of Vágur, partly to power the ship cableway in Vágseiði. It became operational on 18 July 1921. In 1960, the plant was acquired by SEV from Suðuroyar Elverk.
  The plant is equipped with two turbines. One is a 1.1 MW Pelton turbine, commissioned in 1965, and it is supplied by water from the Ryskivatn lake, which is again supplied by the Miðvatn lake at 345m altitude holding 550 000 m³. The other is a 2.2 MW Francis turbine, commissioned in 1966, supplied from the Vatnsnes lake at 177m altitude holding 725 000 m³. Botnur is an unmanned plant; it is operated from the Vágsverkið power plant.
context_section_description: Botnur power plant (Faroese: Elektrisitetsverkið í Botni) is a hydroelectric power station supplying the Faroe Islands island of Suðuroy with electricity.  It is located to the north of Vágur.  Botnur was the first hydroelectric plant built in the Faroes.
  The plant was built by the municipality of Vágur, partly to power the ship cableway in Vágseiði. It became operational on 18 July 1921.  In 1960, the plant was acquired by SEV from Suðuroyar Elverk.
  The plant is equipped with two turbines. One is a 1.1 MW Pelton turbine, commissioned in 1965, and it is supplied by water from the Ryskivatn lake, which is again supplied by the Miðvatn lake at 345m altitude holding 550 000 m³. The other is a 2.2 MW Francis turbine, commissioned in 1966, supplied from the Vatnsnes lake (Vatnsnesvatn) at 177m altitude holding 725 000 m³. Botnur is an unmanned plant; it is operated from the Vágsverkið (also called Heimaru Oyrar) power plant.
caption: The Botnur power plant.
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