Power plant · Buskerud, Norway
Nes power station
Nes power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Buskerud, Norway, with 250 MW of capacity, owned by Vardar, Øvre Hallingdal Kraftproduksjon and 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 | 1962 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Vardar | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Øvre Hallingdal Kraftproduksjon | 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 | 250 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 60.6044, 9.0697 | 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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Nes power station is the largest of 35 power plants in Buskerud and the 39th-largest of 590 in Norway by capacity; its 250 MW is 0.49% of the 51,251 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 | 1st of 35 | 2,004 MW | 12% |
| Norway | 39th of 590 | 51,251 MW | 0.49% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,527th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 36 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesbyen substation | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Hallingdal Kraftnett AS 66 kV substation, Nesbyen | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| BRÅTEN2-T substation | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
Owners, operator and place
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Data on this page
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- 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.
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- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.