Tag: energy
Statoil slammed over gas leak
Norway's state-owned oil and gas enterprise Statoil has come in for more withering criticism, this time over an accident on another of its North...
DNV delivers report on Gulf spill
Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has delivered a report to the US government on the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the...
Radiation higher in Oslo than Tokyo
A leading Norwegian nuclear physicist has criticized the Norwegian media's "mild, collective psychosis" surrounding radiation since the tsunami in Japan threatened the Fukushima nuclear...
Electricity may be rationed
The power supply status for southern Norway was raising more concerns this week, with state authorities heightening their description of supplies from "tight" to...
Electricity rates to stay high all year
With Norway's mountain reservoirs at historically low levels, energy analysts are warning that this winter's high prices for hydroelectric power will likely stay high...
Gasoline prices hit new all-time high
Even though Norway is an oil-producing nation, it's always had high prices for gasoline (petrol) because of heavy taxes to discourage use of private...
Masts won the battle of Hardanger
UPDATED: Overhead power masts will be built after all in the scenic Hardanger area of Norway's southwest mountains, the government confirmed on Tuesday. Cabinet...
More trouble for Statoil, in Canada
A bad week for Statoil has become even worse, as Canadian authorities confirmed they would be taking action against Norway’s partly state-owned oil and...
‘Postpone the monster masts’
Campaigners against the "monster mast" power lines in Hardanger have told ministers that they would like to see the project postponed or at the...
Slight poll shift in ‘monster mast’ saga
Public support for alternatives to building so-called "monster mast" power lines in scenic Hardanger has fallen – but Norwegians remain skeptical about the "monster...
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