Power plant · Trøndelag, Norway

Leirfossene power station

Name: Leirfossene power station
Address: Trøndelag, NO

Leirfossene power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Trøndelag, Norway, with 45 MW of capacity, owned by Statkraft Energi.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Trøndelag	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2006	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Statkraft Energi	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Statkraft Energi	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	45 MW	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Hydro	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	63.3738, 10.4046	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Leirfossene power station is the 25th-largest of 53 power plants in Trøndelag and the 278th-largest of 612 in Norway by capacity; its 45 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
Trøndelag	25th of 53	3,334 MW	1.3%
Norway	278th of 612	52,659 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	4,183rd of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 54 substations and 2 CO2 emitters (368,934 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Tensio Ts AS 66 kV substation, Trondheim	Substation	—	—	0.1 km
Tensio Ts AS 66 kV substation, Trondheim	Substation	—	—	1.9 km
Tensio Ts AS 66 kV substation, Trondheim	Substation	—	—	2.5 km
OKEA ASA Brage	CO2 emitter	187,509 tCO2e	—	6.3 km
OKEA ASA Draugen	CO2 emitter	181,425 tCO2e	—	6.3 km

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Data on this page

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