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Búðarháls — 95 MW Hydroelectric

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Búðarháls is a 95 MW hydro power plant located in Iceland. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
95 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Landsvirkjun

Operator

Location
64.24, -19.37

Coordinates

Insights

#10
largest in %s
#2,381
largest %s worldwide
#10,547
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
13
operated by %s
5
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
95 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Landsvirkjun
Country
ISL
Coordinates
64.236, -19.371

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
7,989 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
639,130 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,737
cars / year
1,065
homes / year
363,142
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Búrfell

Iceland · Hydroelectric

270MW · 1969

Hrauneyjafoss

Iceland · Hydroelectric

210MW · 1981

Blanda

Iceland · Hydroelectric

150MW · 1991

Sigalda

Iceland · Hydroelectric

150MW · 1977

Sultartangi

Iceland · Hydroelectric

120MW · 1999

Vatnsfell

Iceland · Hydroelectric

90MW · 2001

About this plant

Búðarháls is a 95 MW hydro power plant in Iceland, operated by Landsvirkjun and commissioned in 2017.

Ranked #7 of 14 hydro plants in Iceland, it represents 4.97% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 1,913 MW. The largest hydro plant in Iceland is Fljótsdalsvirkjun (Kárahnjúkar) at 690 MW, making Búðarháls 7.3 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Hrauneyjafoss (210 MW, Hydro), Sigalda (150 MW, Hydro), and Sultartangi (120 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Highlands of Iceland, approximately 50 km from the nearest town, Hella.

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