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technology anD the environment<br />
Minister of Developmentand theEnvironment, Erik Solheim<br />
believesitisimpossiblefor acountrytorise above poverty<br />
without properenergy resources.<br />
FinAllY UnDEr wAY<br />
in AFriCA<br />
Sn Power’s long anticipated African venture is<br />
finally underway with ahydropower project<br />
in Zambia. InCentral America, we will break<br />
Panamanian ground this autumn.<br />
TheAfrican andCentral American ventures have<br />
beeninthe pipelinefor awhile,through thesubsidiary SN<br />
PowerAfriCA, whichwas renamedinMay to Agua Imara(agua<br />
is Spanish forwater, whileimara is powerinSwahili).<br />
Africa hasasignificanthydropowerpotential,asonlyseven<br />
percentofthe water resourceshavebeendeveloped.The<br />
projectinLusemfwa,Zambia will have asignificantimpacton<br />
this poorcountry.The planned facility will have an installed<br />
capacity of “just” 46.5MW, buthas apotential of 300MW,<br />
andwill, whenfullydeveloped,beable to supplyall Zambian<br />
householdswithelectricity.<br />
TheBajoFriohydropowerplant in Panama will have acapacity<br />
of 58 MW.<br />
TheMinister of Developmentand theEnvironment, Erik<br />
Solheim, waspresent during thenamechangeevent at Café<br />
MånefiskeninMay.Hestressed theimportanceofAgua<br />
Imara’s ventures,and pointedout that withoutproperenergy<br />
resources, it wouldbeimpossiblefor acountry to rise above<br />
poverty.<br />
Read more at www.aguaimara.com<br />
Norway: 67.5 per cent renewable in 2020<br />
By 2020,the share of renewable energy in Norway will be 67.5 percent, accordingtothe<br />
goal determinedbyNorwegian authoritiesand theEUCommission this summer.<br />
“Weare very pleased that Norway finallyhas setatargetfor 2020,” says senior climateadvisorHåvardVaggenMalvikin<strong>Statkraft</strong>.“This<br />
is also important in regardstothe implementation<br />
of thejoint Norwegian-Swedishgreen certificatesmarket.”<br />
With thecurrent 58 percentrenewableshare, Norway already hasEurope’shighest share<br />
of renewable energy.The newgoalmeans Norway will retain thetop spot even in 2020,but<br />
theimprovementislessthanitwould have beenifbased on thesameparametersasthe EU<br />
countries. SeveralNorwegian environmentalorganisationsare thereforecriticalofwhat they<br />
see as ambitionsthat areset toolow.<br />
32 StatKraft<br />
AquaImaraisdeveloping a<br />
hydropower project in Zambia.<br />
21<br />
The Baillie Wind Farm<br />
will be developed<br />
in Caithness, northern<br />
Scotland, by the<br />
company Baillie Wind Farm Ltd..<br />
The farm, in which <strong>Statkraft</strong> has an<br />
80 per cent stake will have 21 wind<br />
energy generators, and atotal installed<br />
capacity of up to 52.5 MW<br />
Both<br />
spanish and<br />
swahiLi are<br />
Used<br />
To <strong>Statkraft</strong> for support<br />
in early august, <strong>Statkraft</strong> played host to German Finance Minister, Philipp Rösler.<br />
The minister and his entourage were particularly interested inlearning more about<br />
Norway’s potential role as asupplier offlexible energy production as asupplement to<br />
Germany’s increased wind and solar energy production.<br />
After visiting one ofStatoil’s facilities in the North Sea, Rösler travelled to Blåsjø and<br />
the Kvilldal power plant for apresentation on Norwegian hydropower. Naturally, there<br />
was much focus on flexibility and the potential to support Germany’s energy system.<br />
The minister’s visit toNorway had astrong focus on energy.Before visiting <strong>Statkraft</strong>,<br />
he visited North Sea facilities together with the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and<br />
Energy counterpart,Ola Borten Moe. The two ministers signed ajoint declaration for<br />
closer cooperation in the future.<br />
Osmoticpower head SteinErikSkilhagen<br />
is pleasedabout thenew alliance,which<br />
couldprove very beneficial.<br />
Second wind for osmotic power<br />
IN-BrIeF<br />
statkraft anD NittoDenko/Hydranautics have entered into an agreement<br />
for the development and delivery of membranes for osmotic power generation.<br />
The agreement could see the development of this new form ofrenewable energy<br />
speed up.<br />
<strong>Statkraft</strong> isEurope’s leading developer of osmotic power, while Nitto Denko/<br />
Hydranautics is the world’s largest membrane manufacturer. In2009, the Norwegian<br />
company opened the world’s first prototype osmotic power facility. The<br />
company considers membranes as akey component ofprofitable energy production.<br />
Nitto Denko/Hydranautics will, under the agreement, develop membranes<br />
specially designed for osmotic power.<br />
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<strong>Statkraft</strong> SCA Vind AB has been<br />
granted alicense to develop the<br />
Mörttjärnberget wind farm inthe<br />
municipality of Bräcke in Jämtland<br />
County, southeast of Öresund incentral<br />
Sweden. The wind farm will have atotal installed<br />
capacity of85MW.<br />
While crossing the Førrevass Dam, Germany’s Minister of Finance, Philipp<br />
Rösler, received a brief presentation of the capacity of Norwegian, flexible<br />
energy production. Regional director Jan Alne took on the role as teacher.<br />
PEoPlE & PowEr<br />
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