General data
Name: La Malva
Company owner: EDP
Location: Rio Somiedo in Pola de Somiedo
Watershed: North (Narcea - Nalon)
Supply reservoir: Somiedo and River Valley Lakes and Saliencia
Began operations: Two sets in 1917 and two sets in 1924.
Physical characteristics
Usable volume of reservoir (Hm³): 6
Dam type: Two dams, gravity
Power station type: Derivation and surface
Number of alternators: 4
Turbine type: A horizontal Pelton injector
Energy features
Net capacity (MW): 9.02
Energy produced in average year: 32 700 MWh
Number of sets: 4
Maximum flow of equipment: 2 m³/s