31.08.2011

Norway has developed more than half of its hydropower potential. But there is still about 37 TWh that can technically be exploited. Statkraft sees great potential in small-scale projects at home and pumped storage to help ...

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31.08.2011

Starting January 2012, Norway and Sweden will become the first countries to establish a common green certificate programme. The economic incentive is expected to stimulate the development of 26.4 TWh of new renewable power...

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31.08.2011

Norway has a limited potential at home for tidal power, but is looking to make great strides abroad for its technology. Hydra Tidal has developed the world’s first full-scale floating tidal power plant and has sights set f...

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31.08.2011

Norway is not readily associated with sunshine. During peak wintertime, there are northern parts of Norway shrouded in near total darkness. Yet the Norwegian solar power industry employs 2,000 to 3,000 people domestically ...

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31.08.2011

In 2008, Norway created an internationally unique method of bringing down nitrogen oxide emissions: have companies pay into a NOx fund rather than pay NOx tax while implementing environmental measures that reduce emissions...

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31.08.2011

The Norwegian renewables sector exported NOK 23 billion in goods and services in 2009, representing only 15% of total revenues. According to INTPOW, the Norwegian private-public membership organization for the renewables s...

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30.08.2011

The waste management sector has seen rapid development in the last years with an increasing focus on creating clean renewable energy from waste products, according to the Norwegian environmental business organization Green...

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11.03.2011

Statkraft currently generates enough osmotic power at its prototype power plant in Tofte, the world’s first, to barely run an electric kettle. The estimated technical potential of osmotic power globally is similar to half ...

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05.03.2011

Norway has pledged to cut 40% of its greenhouse gas emissions from the 1990 level by 2020 and become carbon neutral by 2030. As the world’s fifth largest oil exporter, its petroleum industry will be a significant part of r...

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01.01.2011

Bioenergy is a common term meaning energy related to the exploitation of biomass. Biomass exists in many different forms with different qualities. The common feature of each form is that they their energy content is derive...

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