Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station
Porjus power station is one of the oldest and largest power plants in Sweden, situated near Porjus. It was built 1910-1915 and has a power of 480 MW. Besides three-phase AC, the plant originally also generated single phase 15 Hz AC for railway traction and hence, two single-phase 80 kV power lines ran along the Iron Ore Line Malmbanan where it was transformed down to 16 kV in substations.
- Power station
- …is also known as “Porjus Kraftstation”
- …is operated by Vattenfall AB
- …dates from 1975
- Description: power station in Sweden
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Porjus kyrka and Porjus.
Porjus kyrka
Porjus kyrka is a church.
470 metres south of Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station
Porjus gravkapell
Porjus gravkapell is a chapel.
2 km south of Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porjus.
Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station
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Latitude
66.95903° or 66° 57′ 33″ north
Longitude
19.80142° or 19° 48′ 5″ east
Open location code
9FRXXR52+JH
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
Central hidroelèctrica de PorjusCatalan
Porjus vandkraftværkDanish
Porjus kraftverkNorwegian
Porjus kraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
Porjus gamla kraftverkSwedish
Porjus kraftverkSwedish
ГЕС Пор’юсUkrainian
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