Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway . The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The 1.14-square-kilometre (280-acre) village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of 767 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,990/sq mi).
4-490: Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village. The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality. The municipality of Tonstad
8-505: Is near the landing point of the 1,400 MW NORD.LINK power cable to Germany. The powerstation utilises the waterfalls in the Sira and the Kvina river system, with a total height of 440 metres (1,440 ft). An application for an expansion with an additional 960 MW (pumped storage) was sent in 2008. The application is still pending. This article about a hydroelectric power plant
12-579: The municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway . The station is in Tonstad , at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet . It has a total installed capacity of 960 MW , with 4 units each 160 MW and one unit at 320 MW, all equipped with francis turbines . With an annual production of approximately 3800 GWh, it is the largest power station in Norway with respect to annual production (in 2006). It
16-479: Was named after the old Tonstad farm ( Old Norse : Þornýjarstaðir ), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný ) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or " farm ". Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station Tonstad Power Station ( Tonstad kraftverk ) is a hydroelectric power station located in
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