Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station
Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant with 5 Francis turbines at Älvkarleby, Sweden. It was built in 1911. From 1988 to 1991 a new power plant with a single Francis turbine was added, increasing its generation power from 70 MW to 126 MW.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: powerplant in Sweden
- Also known as: “AElvkarleby kraftverk” and “Älvkarleby kraftverket”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Älvkarleby Church and Gropholmarna.
Älvkarleby Church
Church
Photo: Svens Welt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Älvkarleby Church is situated 1¼ km northeast of Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station.
Gropholmarna
Nature reserve
Photo: Eric Axner-Norrman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gropholmarna is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km south of Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Älvkarleby and Skutskär.
Älvkarleby
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Älvkarleby is a town and municipality at the northern edge of Uppsala County, where Dalälven reaches the Baltic Sea, between Tierp and Gävle.
Skutskär
Town
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Skutskär is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Älvkarleby Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,075 inhabitants in 2010. According to the census of 2000 6,003 people lived in Skutskär, most of them in Älvkarleby Municipality, but a minor part in Gävle Municipality in Gävleborg County. Skutskär is situated 8 km north of Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station.
Marma
Village
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Marma is a locality situated in Älvkarleby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 298 inhabitants in 2010. Marma is situated 8 km south of Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station.
Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
- Location: Älvkarleby socken, Älvkarleby-Skutskär, Älvkarleby Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.56329° or 60° 33′ 48″ northLongitude
17.44244° or 17° 26′ 33″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
9FGVHC7R+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 185674360OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ланфорсен”
- Chinese: “艾爾夫卡勒比水力發電廠”
- German: “Kraftwerk Älvkarleby”
- Swedish: “Älvkarleby kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Alvkarleby”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ельвкарлебю”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station”. Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.