News from Norway
Scot Wind Programme: Scotland Plans Up to 10 GW Offshore Wind Capacity
20 Jul 2021 14:51 | Edinburgh, Scotland - The Scottish government is pushing ahead with the further expansion of offshore wind energy. By the ScotWind programme, offshore areas can be leased. The application deadline for the first round was 16 July 2021. read more...
Shutdown: Norway Finally Shuts Down Veslefrikk Oil Field
23 Feb 2021 08:14 | Stavanger, Norway - Every oil reservoir discovered and developed around the world at sometime is eventually pumped dry. After 30 years and a production of 400 million barrels of oil equivalent, the shutdown of the oil field will begin in the spring of 2022. The plugging of the wells has already started, the oil and gas company Equinor announced. read more...
Nel ASA To Produce Green Hydrogen for 1.5 USD per kg
22 Jan 2021 14:46 | Oslo, Norway - Norwegian hydrogen specialist Nel ASA has presented ambitious targets at the Nel Capital Markets Day 2021. read more...
Scatec Focuses on Growth With New Strategy
11 Jan 2021 10:55 | Oslo, Norway - The former Scatec Solar ASA is history, the Norwegian company is expanding its division and also changing its name. read more...
AEG Power Solutions Secures Power Supply for Dogger Bank Transformer Platform
08 Dec 2020 12:23 | Zwanenburg, The Netherlands - In the British North Sea, the currently world's largest offshore wind farm Dogger Bank is being built. The Norwegian EPC Aibel, specialized in off-shore industries, will supply two HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) substation platforms (which converts the wind turbines' AC voltage into DC voltage for more efficient transport to the mainland) for the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B projects. read more...
Strategic Research Cooperation: Equinor Increasingly Focuses on Offshore Wind Energy
04 Dec 2020 13:14 | Stavanger, Norway - The Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor continues to drive the transformation forward and focuses on offshore wind energy. read more...
Reducing Risk: Equinor Sells Shares in the British Doggerbank Offshore Wind Project
04 Dec 2020 12:49 | Stavanger, Norway - Norwegian energy company Equinor has reached an agreement with Italian energy group Eni to acquire a stake in Dogger Bank's offshore wind farm projects A and B. Eni will then acquire a 10 percent stake from Equinor for a total price of approximately GBP 202.5 million. read more...
Hydrogen Projects: Nel ASA Successful in Spain and the USA
23 Nov 2020 11:31 | Oslo, Norway - Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a division of Nel ASA, has signed a letter of intent with Ibedrola of Spain. The subject of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to cooperate in the development of an environmentally friendly hydrogen production plant with a capacity of more than 200 MW in Spain by 2023. read more...
Scatec Solar ASA - SN Power to Acquire its First Wind Farm in Vietnam
05 Nov 2020 14:30 | Oslo, Norway – SN Power AS, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in the 39.4 MW Dam Nai Wind Power Joint Stock Company in Vietnam from Mekong Wind Pte Ltd which is fully owned by the Singapore based Armstrong South East Asia Clean Energy Fund. read more...
Nel Awarded Grant for Next Generation Alkaline Electrolyser
04 Jul 2020 15:05 | Oslo, Norway - Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a division of Nel ASA has been awarded a grant from the Research Council of Norway for a research project which seeks to further improve the efficiency and cost of Nel’s next generation, pressurized alkaline electrolyser platform. read more...
