Leringsforsen
Facts
Country
Sweden
Electricity Capacity
9 MWe
Stream
Ljungan & Gimån
Head
16 m
Water discharge
70 m³/s
Turbine type
Kaplan
Vattenfall ownership share
100 %
Status
In Operation
Water information
Above pond
Below pond
Total
Through turbine
Through pond hatch
Last update
Leringsforsen power plant is situated on the Gimån river in the municipality of Ånge. It was built between 1942 and 1944 and uses a Kaplan turbine.
With an installed capacity of 9 MW, Leringsforsen is the smallest of Vattenfall’s large-scale hydro power plants. It has a head of around 16 metres.
The Gimån river is a tributary of the Ljungan river, which it joins at Torpshammar, and is 80 kilometres long.