Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station
The Såheim Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Rjukan, Telemark, Norway, operated by Norsk Hydro. It operates at an installed capacity of 185 MW, with an average annual production of 1,033 GWh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Industrial building
- Description: hydroelectric power station in Tinn municipality, Telemark county, Norway
- Also known as: “Såheim” and “Såheim power station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rjukan Station and Rjukan Church.
Rjukan Station
Railway station
Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912. Rjukan Station is situated 520 metres west of Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station.
Rjukan Church
Church
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Rjukan Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Rjukan. It is one of the churches for the Rjukan parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. Rjukan Church is situated 1 km east of Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station.
Rjukan videregående skole
School
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Rjukan videregående skole is a school, which is situated 720 metres west of Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rjukan.
Rjukan
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Rjukan is a town in the Tinn municipality of Telemark, Norway. The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned Rjukan waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.
Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: cultural property, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.87662° or 59° 52′ 36″ northLongitude
8.593° or 8° 35′ 35″ eastInception
1916Operator
Hydro EnergiOpen location code
9FFCVHGV+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 188088500OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q7665805
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Ukrainian—“Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rjukan II”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saaheim Kraftstasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Såheim kraftstasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Såheim kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Såheim”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Såheim kraftverk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Såheim”
- Norwegian: “Såheim kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Såheim”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Согейм”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Såheimhallen and Tinn rådhus.
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