Power plant · Vestland, Norway
Åskara 1 Power Station
Åskara 1 Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in Vestland, Norway, with 85 MW of capacity, owned by SFE AS.
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 | Vestland | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1970 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | SFE AS | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SFE AS | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 85 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 61.8122, 5.6625 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Åskara 1 Power Station is the 29th-largest of 88 power plants in Vestland and the 171st-largest of 590 in Norway by capacity; its 85 MW is 0.17% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestland | 29th of 88 | 8,896 MW | 0.96% |
| Norway | 171st of 590 | 51,251 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,410th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Åskåra substation | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Linja AS 132 kV substation, Bremanger | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Ålfoten substation | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from SFE AS
- Mel power station52 MW
- Østerbø kraftverk48 MW
- Åskåra 2 power station42 MW
- Øksenelvane power station28 MW
- Sagefossen power station10.1 MW
Other power plants in Vestland
- Sima power station1,120 MW
- Aurland power station840 MW
- Tyin power station374 MW
- Evanger power station330 MW
- Jostedal power station290 MW
- Aurland III kraftverk270 MW
- Skagen power station270 MW
- Mauranger power station250 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.
- 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.