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Seitevare

Hydro power plant in Norrbotten, Sweden. Approximate location 66.9764, 18.5748.

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Seitevare is a 214 MW hydro power station in Norrbotten, Sweden. It is operated by 100% Vattenfall. Based on reported annual generation of 790 GWh, it can supply roughly 225,657 homes. It ranks #26 of 168 Sweden power plants by installed capacity. 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).

214MW installed capacity
790GWh reported / yr
225,657homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002111.

Reported generation trend

2016: 883 GWh20162017: 790 GWh2017883 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), 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 67.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

-0.7°Cannual mean temp
6,803heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
408 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -13 °CJF: -13 °CFM: -8 °CMA: -1 °CAM: 5 °CMJ: 10 °CJJ: 13 °CJA: 11 °CAS: 6 °CSO: 0 °CON: -7 °CND: -12 °CD13 °C

Heating degree-days here run 177% 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.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #17 largest hydro power plant of 142 in Sweden by capacity.

Sweden has 142 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 12,823 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 66.9764, 18.5748 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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