Power plant · Buskerud, Norway
Hofsfoss power station
Hofsfoss power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Buskerud, Norway, with 28 MW of capacity, owned by Å Energi Vannkraft.
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 |
| Location | Norway | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1978 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Å Energi Vannkraft | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Å Energi Vannkraft | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Reservoir hydro (registered as Hydro Water Reservoir) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 50WP00000000275X | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 60.1885, 10.2382 | 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.
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2 sources record Hofsfoss power station; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hofsfoss power station | asset:wikidata:Q11975592 | Wikidata | — |
| Hofsfoss | asset:eic:50WP00000000275X | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
How it compares
Hofsfoss power station is the 20th-largest of 36 power plants in Buskerud and the 382nd-largest of 612 in Norway by capacity; its 28 MW is <0.1% 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 | 20th of 36 | 2,029 MW | 1.4% |
| Norway | 382nd of 612 | 52,659 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,485th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 130 substations, 2 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glitre Nett AS 132 kV substation, Ringerike | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| NexGen Cloud Hyperstack AQ Compute Supercomputer | AI supercomputer | — | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Ringerike substation | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Eikli-T substation | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Stack Infrastructure OSLO1A | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Bulk Data Centers Oslo Internet Exchange | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Å Energi Vannkraft
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
- Hemsil II power station98 MW
- Skollenborg power station97 MW
- Uvdal I power station92 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.