Giant reservoirs and dry rapids. The roar of wild rivers in the forest is a thing of the past. Hydropower has built the country. But it is a quiet country.
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Is there an inherent aestheticism in huge hydroelectric dams and artificial rivers? Can they even be beautiful?
Whichever way you look at it, it is clear that these plants make a mark on the landscape. The images shown here are all from the Stornorrfors hydropower plant a few kilometers upstream of the Ume River from Umeå. It is Sweden's largest plant, producing close to 2300 GWh per year.
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