Wind Power News: Norway
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World’s largest offshore wind farm ‘unprofitable’ for Equinor, say government-funded researchers
Equinor’s investment in Dogger Bank – the world’s largest offshore wind project under construction – will be unprofitable, according to a Norwegian government-funded study. The new research raises challenging questions about the Norwegian state-controlled oil and gas giant’s energy transition strategy. The study was submitted this month to Norway’s Petroleum & Energy Ministry, which financed it as part of wider research into potential energy transition opportunities for the country. Equinor chief executive Anders Opedal set ambitious new goals in June for the . . . Complete story »
Vant over vindkraftutbyggerne: – Men kampen er ikke over
[Despite victory in court, the battle is not over.] Reineier Sissel Stormo Holtan (39) håper barna hennes en dag kan få tilbake et område på Fosen uten vindturbiner. Hun har et klart råd til olje- og energiministeren. – Alt som er ulovlig bygget, må fjernes. Det vil si vindturbiner, veier, kraftlinjer og annen infrastruktur. 39-åringen står på Haraheia. Vinden pisker regnet i ansiktet hennes. Dette er ett av stedene hvor det er bygd vindturbiner og veier på Fosen i Trøndelag. . . . Complete story »
Krever uhildet gransking av alle vindkraftkonsesjoner de siste 20 år
[Motvind Norge calls for full investigation of all wind power licenses in the last 20 years] Motvind Norge reagerer på at Olje- og energidepartementet (OED) skal være «dommer» over egne feil. Loga sámegillii. – Det er en spesiell situasjon at OED skal granske seg selv og sitt eget arbeid over flere år. De skal se om de har gjort noe feil. Da får vi en helt absurd situasjon. Det sier daglig leder i Motvind Norge, Stein Malkenes, til NRK. Organisasjonen . . . Complete story »
Tillatelse for 365 vindturbiner kjent ugyldig
[Kenyan court rules that a giant Danish wind farm in the area of indigenous peoples is illegal.] Kenyansk domstol slår fast at en gigantisk dansk vindpark i urfolks område er ulovlig. – Jeg syns det er veldig gledelig å høre at et slikt vindkraftanlegg og industriprosjekt er kjent ugyldig. Det er bra at domstolen påpeker at urfolkene i Kenya ikke har fått uttale seg i denne prosessen. Det sier sametingsråd Maja Kristine Jåma (NSR) til NRK. 28-åringen har gjennom hele . . . Complete story »
Norway wind turbines should be torn down, reindeer herders say
Norway should dismantle two large wind farms that were stripped of their licences for jeopardising traditional reindeer husbandry, herders from the indigenous Sami community said on Friday. The country’s supreme court last month ruled that the Storheia and Roan wind farms, located on the Fosen peninsula in central Norway, violated herders’ rights under international conventions, and found their operating permits invalid. “There is no doubt. The turbines are illegal, so they have to come down, sooner or later,” Fosen reindeer . . . Complete story »
Blade falls off wind turbine on Frøya
A blade has fallen off one of the large wind turbines built on Frøya close to the Trondheim Fjord. The accident probably happened the night before Friday. “We will stop the turbines for the time being and ask the supplier Vestas to carry out an inspection,” Executive Vice President of Communications at Trønderenergi Stig Tore Laugen told the newspaper VG. The wind turbines – with three blades each – are 180 meters high. The turbine supplier Vestas owns and operates . . . Complete story »
Norway wind turbines should be torn down, reindeer herders say
Norway should dismantle two large wind farms that were recently stripped of their licences for jeopardising traditional reindeer husbandry, herders from the indigenous Sami community said on Friday. The country’s supreme court last month ruled that the Storheia and Roan wind farms, located on the Fosen peninsula in central Norway, violated herders’ rights here under international conventions, and found their operating permits invalid. “There is no doubt. The turbines are illegal, so they have to come down, sooner or later,” . . . Complete story »
Indigenous Sámi win landmark case against wind power company
In a landmark victory for Indigenous Sámi reindeer herders, the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled in October that the government should never have granted licenses for two wind farms recently constructed on traditional Sámi grazing lands. It found these licenses interfere with the Sámi’s right to cultural enjoyment, in violation of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Leif Arne Jåma, a Sámi herder and one of the plaintiffs in the case, was almost incredulous about the victory. . . . Complete story »
Norway in legal quandary after wind turbines ruled a threat to reindeer herder rights
Norway faces hard choices over the future of two major wind farms stripped of their licences for jeopardising the way of life of Sami reindeer herders, but it remains unclear whether they should be dismantled, the energy minister said. While herders in the Fosen region of coastal central Norway have called for the giant machines to be removed and the landscape restored, the owners said they hope to apply for a new licence that would not violate Sami rights. “This . . . Complete story »
‘Invalid’ Norway wind farms to keep spinning for now, government says
Two Norwegian wind farms that were stripped of their licences by the country’s supreme court will stay in operation for the time being while their ultimate fate is decided, the government said on Wednesday. The court on Oct. 11 ruled that the construction of the Storheia and Roan wind farms in the Fosen region, with a total of 151 turbines, had violated Sami reindeer herders’ rights. The supreme court did not say what should happen next to the facilities, but . . . Complete story »
