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Sillre

Hydro power plant in Vaesternorrland, Sweden. Approximate location 62.3913, 17.3063.

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Sillre is a 11 MW hydro power plant in Vaesternorrland, Sweden. It is operated by 100% Vattenfall. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 11,012 homes (estimated). It ranks #141 of 168 Sweden power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1987, it is around 39 years old — long-established. 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).

11MW installed capacity
11,012homes powered (est.)
1987commissioned (~39 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002161.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Sweden

Karlshamn: 1,020 MW1kKarlshamnHarspranget: 871 MW871HarsprangetStornorrfors: 599 MW599Stornorrfo…Letsi: 486 MW486LetsiMessaure: 463 MW463MessaurePorjus: 430 MW430PorjusLigga: 332 MW332LiggaVietas: 325 MW325Vietas

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 62.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

4.0°Cannual mean temp
5,075heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
33 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -6 °CFM: -2 °CMA: 2 °CAM: 8 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 14 °CAS: 10 °CSO: 5 °CON: -1 °CND: -4 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 106% 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: 94/100 — 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 #118 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 62.3913, 17.3063 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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