Torpshammar
Facts
Country
Sweden
Electricity capacity
119 MWe
Stream
Ljungan & Gimån
Head
123 m
Water discharge
100 m3/s
Turbine type
Francis
Vattenfall ownership share
100 %
Status
In operation
Water information a
Above pond
185.37 m.ö.h
Below pond
58.03 m.ö.h
Total
0 m3/s
Through turbine
0 m3/s
Through pond hatch
0 m3/s
Last update
2018-10-17 14:45:00
Torpshammar is a village in Ånge Municipality, located where the Gimån River leads to the Ljungan River. The Gimån is 80 kilometres long and stretches from Lake Revsundasjön in the north east to Torpshammar downstream.
Torpshammar Power Station was commissioned in 1943. The station is situated underground and has two turbines.