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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porjus kyrka and Porjus.
Porjus kyrka
Church
Photo: Dove SV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porjus kyrka is a church, which is situated 470 metres south of Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station.
Porjus
Railway station
Photo: Kolbkorr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porjus is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Porjus Hydroelectric Power 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
Village
Photo: Dove SV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Type: Power station
- Also known as: “Porjus Kraftstation”
- 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″ northLongitude
19.80142° or 19° 48′ 5″ eastInception
1975Operator
Vattenfall ABOpen location code
9FRXXR52+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 996127769Wikidata 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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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 “Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station”. Photo: Dove SV, CC BY-SA 4.0.