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Harsprånget hydroelectric power station

Jokkmokk Municipality, Sweden

The 1057th largest power station in the world

818 MW · Capacity

Harsprånget is a hydroelectric power station located on the Lule River in northern Sweden, just downstream of Porjus. With a nameplate capacity of 811 MW, it is the largest hydroelectric power station in Sweden, and also among the largest in the Nordic countries. The name means "Hare Run" in Swedish. This was also the name of the now usually dry waterfall located downstream of the dam. Annual production is around 2131 GWh. Total hydraulic head is around 107 m.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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