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Norway-Poland gas pipeline plan requires demand for 75% of capacity
A pipeline to provide Norwegian gas to Poland that will cost around 2 billion euros ($2.23 billion) will only be constructed if there is demand for minimum 75 percent of the gas it can convey, one of the associates in the project told Reuters.
read more... 19/06/2017
Norway prohibits the use of heating oil in buildings
Norway will ban the use of oil and paraffin to heat buildings starting from 2020 to cut domestic emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, the government spokesman declared on Thursday.
read more... 16/06/2017
Statkraft will start sale of its stakes in two UK wind parks
Norway's state-owned electricity company Statkraft will this month offer for sale its stakes in two wind parks off Britain's coast, Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon, and wants to reach an agreement early in 2018, as stated by a spokesman for the firm on Tuesday.
read more... 15/06/2017
Norway: first offshore drilling rig using 100% onshore power to cut emissions
An offshore drilling rig will be powered entirely from electricity produced onshore which could be a world first in a move to reduce dioxide emissions.
read more... 12/06/2017
Norway: Statnett obtains 0.3 bln euro loan from EIB for electricity cable to Germany
Norway's grid operator Statnett obtained a 300 million-euro ($336.33 million) loan from the European Investment Bank to finalize its electricity cable to Germany, according to the company on Friday.
read more... 02/06/2017