Record-high river levels stemming from Storm Hans, a storm that battered southern Norway this week, have partially destroyed a dam on the Glåma River and inundated Hafslund Eco’s Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant.
After days of heavy rain stemming from the powerful storm, which triggered widespread flooding and landslides, the two units at the 40-MW Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant reportedly tripped offline at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 9. While hatches in the power plant on the Glåma River—Norway’s longest and most voluminous river—were designed to open automatically if excessive water collected behind the dam, they suffered an unknown failure, Alexandra Bech Gjørv, board chair at Hafslund Eco, reportedly said.
