Water Power Plant
When Laxarby Mill was built in 1869, the mill was driven by the water's power. The mill is closed down since long, but the power of the water is used also today – now to produce electricity. A small water power plant is housed in the basement of the mill. The electricity produced is put out to the public power grid and contributes to the local electricity supply.
Facts about the power plant
| Height of fall | 15,5 m |
| Power | 92 kW |
| Annual production | 400 000 kWh |
Facts about environmental impacts
Because every kWh produced by water power in Sweden compensates a coal-fired kWh, this power plant annually spares the environment the following harmful emissions:
| Carbon dioxide | 320 000 kg |
| Sulfur | 1 040 kg |
| Nitogen oxides | 920 kg |
| Slag and fly ash | 20 000 kg |