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Urriðafoss waterfall in river Þjórsá, South Iceland. Landsvirkjun, the energy company owned by the Icelandic State, is planning to build hydropower stations on the lower part of Þjórsár river, at Urriðafoss and Núpur..The proposed Urriðafoss Power Plant is expected to have a capacity of approximately 125 MW and a power-generating capacity of 930 GWh per year. The powerhouse will be underground and a tunnel leading from the powerhouse will open out into Þjórsá river below Urriðafoss waterfall. The waterfall is expected to disappear.
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- Water, South Iceland