Power plant · Buskerud, Norway
Hemsil II power station
Hemsil II power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Buskerud, Norway, with 98 MW of capacity, owned by Hafslund Kraft.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Buskerud | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1957 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Hafslund Kraft | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hafslund Kraft | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 98 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 60.7018, 8.9726 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Hemsil II power station is the 6th-largest of 36 power plants in Buskerud and the 154th-largest of 612 in Norway by capacity; its 98 MW is 0.19% of the 52,659 MW we hold for Norway. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buskerud | 6th of 36 | 2,029 MW | 4.8% |
| Norway | 154th of 612 | 52,659 MW | 0.19% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,640th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 32 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemsil 2 substation | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Hallingdal Kraftnett AS 66 kV substation, Gol | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Hallingdal Kraftnett AS 66 kV substation, Gol | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
Owner, operator and place
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- Vamma power station344 MW
- Nedre Vinstra power station300 MW
- Aurland III kraftverk270 MW
- Nes power station250 MW
- Kykkelsrud Fossumfoss power station225 MW
- Usta power station208 MW
- Solbergfoss power station208 MW
Other power plants in Buskerud
- Nes power station250 MW
- Usta power station208 MW
- Nore I power station206 MW
- Hol I power station (Votna)114 MW
- Hol I power station (Urunda)106 MW
- Skollenborg power station97 MW
- Uvdal I power station92 MW
- Kaggefoss power station88 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- NVE grid facilities: transformer stations (Nettanlegg). NVE grid facilities: transformer stations (Nettanlegg), Norsk lisens for offentlige data.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.