Images
Images from Statkrafts activities.
BLÅSJØ is the largest hydropower reservoir in Norway, with a capacity of 7.7 TWh.
ENGINE ROOM. Sima Power Plant is situated in western Norway, and generates electricity from sources including the Hardangerjøkulen glacier.
POWER IN THE NORTH. Statkraft has power plants throughout Norway. The picture shows power operator Edgar Kjørstad at the ball valve to the intake to the generator at Svartisen Power Plant at Glomfjord in the Nordland county.
ARNESTED. You will also find one of Statkraft's oldest power plants, Glomfjord Power Plant, here. Nature, wilderness and the outdoor life are part of each working day for Edgar Kjørstad and the rest of Glomfjord's employees.
HEAD OFFICE. Statkraft's head office at Lilleaker, Oslo.
TRADING. Statkraft performs power trading and x-border trading from its head office in Oslo, and from Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Stockholm, where they work with the power exchanges in Europe.
VIEW OVER DÜSSELDORF. Statkraft arrived in Amsterdam in 1998, and Düsseldorf in 1999, where the company established its trading operations. Statkraft currently employs xx energy traders and analysts in Düsseldorf and Amsterdam.
SWEDEN FINANCIAL ENERGY. The Statkraft Group employs xx staff in Sweden through the companies Sweden Financial Energy and Statkraft Sverige AB.
KVISTFORSEN POWER PLANT ENGINE ROOM. The hydropower plants that Statkraft acquired from E.ON Sverige in 2005 are situated along the east coast in central Sweden. Kvistforsen Power Plant is the largest in the portfolio.
CONSTRUCTION OF KNAPSACK POWER PLANT IN GERMANY. Statkraft owns and operates one gas power plant at Knapsack and jointly owns (50 percent stake) another gas power plant in Herdecke together with the energy company Mark-E. The company also has a 50 percent stake in a similar plant in Norway. All three power plants were completed in the autumn of 2007.
FISH MANAGEMENT. Every day Statkraft releases hundreds of thousands of young salmon and sea trout into regulated watercourses. The Group is constantly improving its expertise on how to generate environment-friendly power at the same time as accommodating biological life.
NEWLY RESTORED. Aursjørdammen in the mountains in central Norway has recently been restored, and is now ready for a further 20 years of operation. The whole of Aura Power Plant has been modernised at a cost of around NOK 420 million.
GOOD WINDS ON THE COAST. Norway has excellent wind power potential thanks to its long coastline. Statkraft currently operates three wind farms, Smøla (picture), Hitra and Kjøllefjord. Statkraft has also been granted a licence to construct a new wind farm in Wales.
POPULAR NEIGHBOUR. Surveys show that most people, including in Norway, see few problems in living close to wind turbines, partly because wind power is a pure and renewable energy form. The opening of Hitra Wind Farm in 2004.
HISTORIC DAY. Statkraft opened its first gas power plant on 17 October 2007. The guest of honour at the official opening at Knapsack, near Cologne, was HRH King Harald of Norway. He performed the opening ceremony with the Minister President of North Rhine Westphalia, Jürgen Rüttgers.
WINTER LANDSCAPE. In the winter we produce power from water stored in reservoirs under the ice. A view of Sysendammen at Hardangervidda in western Norway.
ALTA. One of the world's most famous wild salmon rivers runs though Norway’s most northern county. The power plant entered operation in 1987, and has become a national symbol for the conflict between nature conservation requirements and society's need for energy. Statkraft and the local fish administration authorities currently work closely together, and statistics show that salmon catches are currently at the same level as before the power plant was constructed.
GLACIER. Hardangerjøkulen glacier. Statkraft produces power from several glaciers.
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