Porjus

Porjus hydropower plant, which is operated by Vattenfall, is located on the Stora Luleälv river in the municipality of Jokkmokk, Sweden. It is Sweden’s third largest hydropower plant. Porjus is equipped with Francis turbines with a total capacity of 465 MW.

The Porjus Hydropower Center is a large scale test facility consisting of two turbine-generator sets (U8 and U9) with a capacity of around 10 MW each.

©Hans Blomberg

Contact information

Dr Fredrik Engström, Vattenfall