Power plant · Dalarna County, Sweden
Forshuvudforsen power plant
Forshuvudforsen power plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44 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 | Dalarna County | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1921 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 44 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 60.5353, 15.4219 | 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
Forshuvudforsen power plant is the 6th-largest of 11 power plants in Dalarna County and the 107th-largest of 153 in Sweden by capacity; its 44 MW is 0.17% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalarna County | 6th of 11 | 748 MW | 5.9% |
| Sweden | 107th of 153 | 25,932 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,453rd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 data centers, 1 CO2 emitter (225,076 tCO2e) and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EcoDataCenter 2 | Data center | — | Under construction | 1.0 km |
| SSAB Tunnplåt i Borlänge | CO2 emitter | 225,076 tCO2e | — | 5.7 km |
| Data center, Dalarna County (OSM way 1156469042) | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| EcoDataCenter | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| DeepL Mercury | AI supercomputer | 544 H100e | Operating | 13 km |
Place
Other power plants in Dalarna County
- Trängslet Dam330 MW
- Avesta Storfors kraftverk101 MW
- Kvarnsveden power station61 MW
- Långhag power station52 MW
- Bullerforsen power station47 MW
- Spjutmo power station35 MW
- Åsen dam24 MW
- Gråda power station24 MW
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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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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