Power plant · Nordland, Norway
Niingen power station
Niingen power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Nordland, Norway, with 17 MW of capacity, owned by Nordkraft Magasin.
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 | Nordland | 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 | 1954 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Nordkraft Magasin | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nordkraft Magasin | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18.5 MW | 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 | 50WP00000000510C | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 68.5370, 17.0285 | 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 Niingen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niingen power station | asset:wikidata:Q11991401 | Wikidata | — |
| Niingen | asset:eic:50WP00000000510C | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
How it compares
Niingen power station is the 35th-largest of 40 power plants in Nordland and the 473rd-largest of 590 in Norway by capacity; its 17 MW is <0.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordland | 35th of 40 | 4,196 MW | 0.41% |
| Norway | 473rd of 590 | 51,251 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,147th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 46 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niingen substation | Substation | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Evenes T-Avgrening substation | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Skoddeberg substation | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Microsoft Narvik Norway | Data center | — | Under construction | 23 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Nordkraft Magasin
Other power plants in Nordland
- Svartisen power station600 MW
- Rana power station500 MW
- Øyfjellet Wind Park400 MW
- Nedre Røssåga power station350 MW
- Skjomen power station313 MW
- Kobbelv power station300 MW
- Siso power station180 MW
- Øvre Røssåga power station170 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 data centers, 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.
- 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.