Power plant · Buskerud, Norway
Usta power station
Usta power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Buskerud, Norway, with 208 MW of capacity, owned by Akershus Energi Vannkraft, Vardar 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 |
| Location | Norway | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1962 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Akershus Energi Vannkraft | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Vardar | 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 | 208 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 180 MW (sum of operating units, Usta G1 Hydro 90 MW; Usta G2 Hydro 90 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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 25 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 50WP00000000785A | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 60.5743, 8.4096 | 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 Usta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usta power station | asset:wikidata:Q12008611 | Wikidata | — |
| Usta | asset:eic:50WP00000000785A | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | Same name and capacity |
How it compares
Usta power station is the 2nd-largest of 35 power plants in Buskerud and the 57th-largest of 590 in Norway by capacity; its 208 MW is 0.41% 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 | 2nd of 35 | 2,004 MW | 10% |
| Norway | 57th of 590 | 51,251 MW | 0.41% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,645th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 29 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usta substation | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Glitre Nett AS 66 kV substation, Hol | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Hol 3 substation | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
Owners, operator and place
Other power plants in Buskerud
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.