Power plant · Norway

Norheimsund Power Plant

Name: Norheimsund
Address: NO

Norheimsund Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Norway, with 16.8 MW of capacity.

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	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
Capacity	16.8 MW (sum of operating units, Norheimsg1 Hydro 12.2 MW; Norheimsg101 Hydro 1 MW; Norheimsg102 Hydro 1.6 MW; Norheimsg103 Hydro 0.6 MW; Norheimsg104 Hydro 1.2 MW; Norheimsg105 Hydro 0.1 MW; Norheimsg106 Hydro 0.1 MW)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Units	7 units	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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	50WP000000005209	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	60.3710, 6.1460	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Norheimsund is the 477th-largest of 590 power plants in Norway by capacity; its 16.8 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
Norway	477th of 590	51,251 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	6,209th of 12,230	1,691,896 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 70 substations and 1 CO2 emitter (233,534 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Norheimsund substation	Substation	—	—	2.4 km
Øystese substation	Substation	—	—	3.1 km
Fagne AS 66 kV substation, Ullensvang	Substation	—	—	13 km
Ineos Tyssedal	CO2 emitter	233,534 tCO2e	—	36 km

Place

Other power plants in Norway

Ulla-Førre2,057 MW
Kvilldal1,240 MW
Sima power station1,120 MW
Tonstad960 MW
Aurland power station840 MW
Svartisen720 MW
Sy-Sima720 MW
Saurdal640 MW

All 612 power plants in Norway

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.
European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, 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.
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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.
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