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.

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Type: Power station
Description: power station in Sweden
Also known as: “Porjus Kraftstation”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porjus kyrka and Porjus.

Porjus kyrka

Church

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Porjus kyrka is a church, which is situated 470 metres south of Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station.

Porjus

Railway station

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Porjus is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station.

Porjus gravkapell

Chapel

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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

Village

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Porjus is a locality situated in Jokkmokk Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 328 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically it is situated by the shores of Lule River at 499 meter height.

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

Inception

1975

Operator

Vattenfall AB

Open location code

9FRXXR52+JH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 996127769

Wikidata ID

Q2944573

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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 gamla kraftverk”
Swedish: “Porjus kraftverk”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Пор’юс”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Porjus rastplats and Porjus brandförsvar.

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