Moon landing for Northern Norway
The company Hammerfest Energi wants to revive plans for the construction of a zero-emission gas power plant. –This will be the moon landing of northern Norway, the company argues.
Norwegian Premier Jens Stoltenberg in his speech to the nation on 1 January 2007 compared plans for a zero-emission gas plant at Mongstad in southwest Norway with the US. moonlanding of 1969. Since then, the Mongstad plans have been postponed and the new wonder plant now seems in the blue.
Meanwhile, the Hammerfest Kraft company intends to make its own “moon landing” on the coast of the Barents Sea. The company wants to construct a 100 MW facility with a price tag of about 1.3 billion NOK.
Company representative Espen Hansen says to NRK that the time is ripe for project. He underlines that several major industrial projects could unfold in the area in the years to come. The Alcoa company has signaled that it could build an aluminum plant if it gets the power it needs. In addition, Statoil is considering an expansion of its Snøhvit gas project and ENI is developing plans for its offshore Goliat oil project.
Hammerfest Energi is supported by Siri Meling, leader of the Norwegian parliament Committee of Energy and Environment. It is about time to speed up the development of alternative energy in the High North, she told NRK.
Also environmental organizations like the Bellona Foundation expresses support for the project, the broadcaster reports.
