Qorlortorsuaq Dam
Qorlortorsuaq Dam is a hydroelectric dam near Qorlortorsuaq in the Nanortalik district of the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It has a capacity of 7.2 MW and it generates power for the neighbouring towns of Qaqortoq and Narsaq. History. The construction of the power plant started in December 2003 and was completed in October 2007. It was built by consortium of E. Pihl & Son AS (51%), YIT (34%), and Landsvirkjun (15%). Landsvirkjun operates the power plant until 2012, when operation will be transferred to the Kujalleq municipality. The design and engineering was performed by Icelandic companies Verkís and  Efla. Description. Qorlortorsuaq Dam is a concrete gravity dam with height of and crest length of . It creates a reservoir with a capacity of 108 million cubic meters. Its tunnel length is and pressure pipe is . The flow rate is . The power plant as two horizontal axis Francis turbines manufactured by Kössler with a total installed capacity of 7.6 MW. Its annual generation is 27 GWh. A crew of four maintains the power plant. Together with the power plant a long high voltage (70 kV) line to Qaqortoq and Narsaq was erected. It passes the Igaliko Fjord, a more than  2 km long span, approximate between these two pylons: and . Green Power program. The hydropower plant is part of the plan of the Greenland Home Rule government to replace fossil fuelled energy production and storage with sustainable power production.