Statkraft

Statkraft was founded in 1960 as a Directorate ( state enterprise ) for hydropower in Norway and is now the largest Norwegian power utility.

Introduction

Norway is a power generation of 119 TWh per year, the sixth-largest hydropower producer in the world. This position is continually expanded by 2006 and 2007 further 0,390 TWh should be added from hydropower alone over the years. In this environment, Statkraft has a leading role, because with an annual production of 42 TWh is the Statkraft Group is the largest energy producer in Norway and the third largest in the Nordic countries. In addition, Statkraft is the second largest supplier of renewable energy in Europe. The energy production of the Group is based, with a share of 99% on hydroelectric power, the proportion of wind energy is to be expanded by 2020 to up to 15 TWh per year. In addition, the company manufactures in Germany with four combined-cycle power plants in Knapsack, Herdecke, Emden and country mountains and a pumped storage power plant electricity.

History

The story of Statkraft is inseparably connected with the hydropower development in Norway. Statkraft was founded in the late 19th century as part of the first hydropower for electricity generation as a state-owned company, and took thence a significant role in the supply of Norway with electrical energy a.

1895 the State paid Norway 23 245 Norwegian kroner for the construction of its first hydroelectric plant to supply its rail lines with electricity. 1921, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate ( NVE ) was established and equipped with skills to build and to monitor state hydropower plants. In the same year, Parliament provided funds for the construction of the power plant Glomfjord available.

In 1960, the Directorate for Statkraftverkene ( Directorate for State hydro) was established as a separate department of the NVE. 1986 Statkraftverkene became a public company owned by the NVE

To ensure flexibility in decisions and to make the Statkraftverkene creates intelligent at European level electricity provider, Statkraftverkene 1992 been divided for the maintenance of the national supply system for energy production and Statnett SF in the two companies Statkraft SF. In 1993, the Nordic power exchange Nord Pool was launched.

1996 Statkraft acquired the initial stake in the company, Sydkraft and Oslo Energi Produksjon. 1997 Long-term contracts have been concluded for energy supply with Hydro and Norske Skog. In the same year the construction of the so far last major hydroelectric complex, svartisen in Nordland, complete. Opened in 1998, Statkraft, the first foreign branch in Amsterdam. 1999 Statkraft acquired additional shares of other energy companies. In addition, a branch was founded in Dusseldorf

2001 Statkraft acquired one-third of the Baltic cable that connects Sweden and Germany, and allows energy transfer between Scandinavia and continental Europe. In the same year started the construction of Norway's first wind farm in Smøla. 2002 Statkraft had to sell the Norwegian decision on antitrust parts of his undertakings in Norway. In 2004, the state-owned company Statkraft SF went into a limited company, Statkraft AS, over; Statkraft Group was launched.

In 2005, Statkraft decided for the acquisition of a combined cycle power plant in the Chemical Park Knapsack and building another in Herdecke and Knapsack and thus for getting into the energy production in Germany. Other gas - fired combined cycle power plants in Emden and country hills came through bartering with E.ON to do so. Also by the exchange came several hydroelectric power plants in Germany, and a pumped storage power plant in Erzhausen to Statkraft.

In the year 2009, in Hürth- Knapsack, a new regional headquarters, taken the technical support of the power plants in Germany and the United Kingdom, in operation.

Statkraft Group

Even after the conversion to a aksjeselskap (AS) (corresponding to a limited liability company ) holds the Norwegian State all the shares in Statkraft, while the conversion was mainly intended the company to legally separate from the state. Through its commercial form of enterprise Statkraft acquires the same conditions as other energy providers, which competitiveness, especially on the European energy market supported. Furthermore, the step into the free market economy has been used to restructure the company's internal organization by the monopolistic network operation and the energy was divided into different legal entities, ie companies whose shares are owned by Statkraft SF and also coordinates from there be.

The stated goal of the Statkraft Group is to be a leader in the renewable energy sector in Europe. Statkraft is the largest producer of renewable energy in Europe and tried this position will continue to be reinforced by further investment in hydropower plants and wind farms to make and continue the research and development of efficient as possible biomass power plants is being driven.

Water

Statkraft in Norway operates 133 hydropower plants, which come again to 19 in Sweden and four in Finland. The production is intended to be expanded to 2015 by 4 TWh per year. Examples are picked with the highest annual production of the two power plants.

Completed in 1983, the power plant Kvilldal with an installed capacity of 1240 MW is the largest hydroelectric plant in Norway and contests with annual output of 3030 GWh approximately 5% of Norway's energy needs. Four Francis turbines with a capacity of 310 MW are operated at a height of 530 m from the 225,000 m³ comprehensive memory.

The power plant was completed in 1960 and Tokke is operated at a height of 390 m with four 110 MW Francis turbines. It produces annually an amount of energy of 2140 GWh.

In addition, Statkraft holds shares in the largest hydroelectric power plant in Norway, Solbergfoss. It is equipped with 12 Francis turbines with an installed capacity of 7.5 MW, a Francis turbine with 12 MW and a Kaplan turbine with 100 MW of installed capacity. This is also Norway's largest Kaplan turbine.

On 24 November 2009 Statkraft took the world's first prototype osmotic power plant in operation.

Wind

By 2006, Statkraft had two wind farms with an annual output of 600 GWh in operation.

The decision to build the wind farm Smøla was taken by the Norwegian government in 2000, the following year, the construction of the plant Hitra was decided. Smøla went into the first phase in 2002 with a capacity of 40 MW to the grid and, after a second phase of construction another 110 MW in the fall of 2005 were on. Hitra was built between 2002 and 2004 with an Installed capacity of 50 MW.

Photovoltaic

On March 11, 2010 Statkraft opened its first PV power plant in Italy with a capacity of 3.3 MW in the region Aprilia. The plan is to further expand the production capacity to 75 MW by 2012 at different locations, with a special emphasis on Italy.