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Gejman

Hydro power plant in Nordland, Sweden. Approximate location 65.572, 15.1816.

HydroNordlandSwedenconventional storage

Gejman is a 66 MW hydro power plant in Nordland, Sweden. It is operated by 100% Vattenfall. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 66k homes (estimated). It ranks #77 of 178 Sweden power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1970, it is around 56 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 40.0% of Sweden's electricity; the national grid averages 35 gCO₂/kWh (98.8% low-carbon) (2025).

66Source-backed capacity
66,075homes powered (est.)
1970commissioned (~56 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002140.

Data status

Known data

FacilityGejman WRI
CountrySweden · Nordland WRI
Coordinates65.572, 15.1816 WRI
FuelHydro WRI
MW installed capacity66 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
Owner100% Vattenfall WRI
Commissioned1970 WRI
Technologyconventional storage WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#77 of 178 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#52 of 142 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.89× · 35 MW median · 142 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent66,075 calculated
Climate-0.6°C · HDD 6,751 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC1 · 23/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100001023251); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 66 MW, Gejman is well above the median hydro plant in Sweden (35 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Sweden

Karlshamn: 1,020 MW1kKarlshamnHarspranget: 818 MW818HarsprangetStornorrfors: 599 MW599Stornorrfo…Letsi: 483 MW483LetsiMessaure: 463 MW463MessaurePorjus: 417 MW417PorjusLigga: 342 MW342LiggaTrängslet: 329 MW329Trängslet

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by 100% Vattenfall. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 65.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

-0.6°Cannual mean temp
6,751heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
676 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -10 °CJF: -11 °CFM: -8 °CMA: -2 °CAM: 4 °CMJ: 9 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 10 °CAS: 6 °CSO: 0 °CON: -6 °CND: -10 °CD12 °C

Heating degree-days here run 175% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 99/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
23/100environmental-severity index
22.4°Cseasonal temperature swing
157 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #52 largest hydro power plant of 142 in Sweden by capacity.

Sweden has 142 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 12,709 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 65.572, 15.1816 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Gejman?

Gejman is a 66 MW source-record hydro power plant in Nordland, Sweden, commissioned in 1970.

How many homes can Gejman power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 66,075 homes (estimated).

Who operates Gejman?

Gejman is operated by 100% Vattenfall.

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