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.
- Type: Power station
- Description: power station in Sweden
- Also known as: “Porjus gamla kraftverk” and “Porjus Kraftstation”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Porjus kyrka and Porjus.
Porjus kyrka
Church
Porjus
Railway station
Porjus gravkapell
Chapel
Porjus gravkapell is a chapel, which is situated 2 km south of Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porjus.
Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
- Location: Jokkmokk Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.95903° or 66° 57′ 33″ north
Longitude
19.80142° or 19° 48′ 5″ east
Established
1975
Operator
Vattenfall AB
Open location code
9FRXXR52+JH
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Central hidroelèctrica de Porjus”
- Danish: “Porjus vandkraftværk”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Porjus”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Porjus”
- German: “Kraftwerk Porjus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porjus kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Porjus kraftverk”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Porjus”
- Swedish: “Porjus kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Пор’юс”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Porjus rastplats and Porjus brandförsvar.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Porjus and LaponiaPorten.
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