Power plant · Sweden

Bastusel Power Plant

Name: Bastusel
Address: SE

Bastusel Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Sweden, with 100 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	Sweden	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (commissioned)	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Start year	1972	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Start year	1969	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	100 MW	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Capacity	107 MW	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
Technology	Hydro	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
EIC code	46WPU0000000038K	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates	65.4020, 18.6730	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

3 sources record Bastusel; 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
Bastusel	asset:eic:46WPU0000000038K	JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN)	—
Bastusel Kraftverk	asset:wikidata:Q10426899	Wikidata	Same name, coordinates and capacity
Bastusel G1	asset:opsd:46WPU0000000038K	Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe)	Same ENTSO-E EIC code

How it compares

Bastusel is the 77th-largest of 153 power plants in Sweden by capacity; its 100 MW is 0.39% of the 25,932 MW we hold for Sweden. 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
Sweden	77th of 153	25,932 MW	0.39%
All power plants in our data	2,224th of 12,230	1,691,896 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1969Started operating
1972Started operating

Place

Other power plants in Sweden

Forsmark3,271 MW
Ringhals2,193 MW
Oskarshamn1,400 MW
Harsprånget830 MW
Karlshamn670 MW
Stornorrfors579 MW
Stenungsund520 MW
Messaure452 MW

All 156 power plants in Sweden

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.
Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe). Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe), Restricted.
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.