Norway

Hydropower Plant

Norsk Hydro to Assess Major Upgrade of Hydropower Facilities at Rjukan

Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian energy company, is planning a major upgrade to its hydropower facilities in Rjukan, Norway. The company will initiate an impact assessm…

Floating Offshore Wind

Norway Opens Tender for Utsira Nord

The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has launched a tender for floating offshore wind development at the Utsira Nord site, inviting applications for three project a…

Offshore Wind Power

Equinor, Polenergia Agree on Polish Offshore Wind Project

Equinor, Polenergia Agree on Polish Offshore Wind ProjectOn Monday, Norway’s Equinor and Poland’s Polenergia announced their final investment decisi…

CCS

Drilling Ops Yield Fertile Ground for Carbon Storage in North Sea

Equinor Low Carbon Solutions has drilled two appraisal wells, 32/7-1 and 32/4-4, in the Norwegian North Sea, 20 kilometers east of Troll A and 70 kilometers wes…

Hydrogen Project

Hystar Secures More Than $36 Million to Fast-Track Electrolyzer Deployment

Norwegian hydrogen technology company Hystar has secured over $36 million in a Series C funding round to expand the commercial production of its electrolyzers. …

Hydropower Plant

Skanska to Upgrade and Build Tunnels for Norwegian Hydro Plant

Skanska has secured a contract with Statkraft to enhance infrastructure at the Saurland hydroelectric power plant in Suldal, Rogaland County, Norway. Valued at …

CCS

Allseas on Offshore Pipelay Duty as Porthos Takes Over North Sea Gas Assets for CCS Revamp

Switzerland-based Allseas, a contractor specializing in offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction, has begun work on the Porthos project, a carbon …

Green Hydrogen

Statkraft Halts New Green Hydrogen Projects Citing Market Uncertainty

Norwegian renewable energy company Statkraft has announced a pause on initiating new green hydrogen projects due to growing market uncertainties. The decision r…

Hydropower Plant

Statkraft Eyes a $380M Upgrade for Nore Hydro Plants

Statkraft, Europe’s leading renewable energy producer, has applied for a license to upgrade the Nore hydropower plants in Nore and Uvdal, Buskerud, Norway…

FLNG

Samsung Heavy’s Deepwater FLNG Design Wins Triple Blessing

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), based in South Korea, has secured approvals in principle (AiP) for its multi-purpose LNG floater-offshore (MLF-O) standard model…

CCS

Aker Solutions Turns to Norwegian Firm for Personnel on Northern Lights Expansion Project

Norway-based Aker Solutions has engaged Multiconsult Norge to provide specialized personnel for the second phase of the Northern Lights project, a key component…

Crude Oil

Norway Parliament Orders Restart to Frontier Oil and Gas Exploration Licensing

On Tuesday, the Norwegian parliament directed the Labour minority government to initiate a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in frontier areas, pa…

Hydropower Plant

Upgrade Plan Submitted for Nore Hydropower Plants in Norway

Statkraft has applied for a license to modernize its Nore hydropower plants in Buskerud, Norway, located along the Numedalslågen river. The project, estim…

Floating Solar

Dutch-Norwegian Floating Solar Specialist Receives ISO 9001 Certification

SolarDuck, a Dutch-Norwegian company specializing in offshore floating solar energy solutions, has achieved ISO 9001 certification from Bureau Veritas. This mil…

Hydropower Plant

AFRY to Conduct Feasibility Study for Upgrade of Norway’s Largest Pumped Storage Plant

Statkraft has hired engineering and consulting firm AFRY to conduct a feasibility study to optimize operations at the Saurdal pumped storage power plant, the la…