General information
Name: Priañes
Owner Company: EDP
Location: River /TM River Nora, Oviedo
Watershed: North - Nalon
Supply Reservoir: Furacón and Priañes
Began operations: Two sets in 1952 and one in 1967
Physical characteristics
Usable volume of reservoir (Hm³): 1.55
Type of dam: Furacón and Priañes, both gravity
Power station type: dam base and exterior
Number of alternators: 3
Turbine type: Vertical Kaplan
Energy Features
Net capacity (MW): 18.23
Energy produced in average year: 59,000 MWh
Number of sets: 3
Maximum flow of equipment: 120 m³/s