Hydropower
Norway has pioneered hydroelectricity together with Sweden and Finland. Benefit from more than one hundred years of experience, innovation and policy solutions.
Pumped storage: Releasing the pressure on isolated electricity grids
The Faroe Islands will use wind power to pump water back up into hydroelectric dams as a means to balance their electricity grid.
Denmark to store energy in underground balloons
How do you balance the fluctuating supply of wind power in a country with no hydroelectric dams? With a giant water balloon, of course, covered with dirt.
The new wave
Vigor Wave Energy has developed a new concept to convert wave energy into electricity.
The under water kite
Swedish company Minesto has found way of producing tidal power at a reasonable price and without the need for large infrastructure.
Producing and selling hydropower
E-CO ENERGI is one of Norway's leading energy groups. Its core activities are the ownership and management of hydropower plants and consultancy services. The City of Oslo owns 100 % ofthe parent company, E-CO Energi AS.
Powering Iceland's Hydro Development
Approximately 75% of Iceland's electricity is generated from hydroelectric power. Mannvit Engineering has participated in the preliminary work and/or construction of most of the hydropower plants and dams that have been built in Iceland since the late 1960s.
Maximum energy from moderate waves
Langlee Wave Power has developed a unique technology for converting the power of sea waves into electric power. It captures a greater proportion of wave energy than alternative systems — and is designed for conditions found near major coastal population centers.
The full value chain of hydropower
Rainpower is one of the leading actors within Norwegian, and international hydropower business, and is a complete supplier of technology, products and services to the hydropower industry.
Enabling power from water
Norconsult is one of the leading consulting engineering companies in power generation, energy supply and water resources planning with 75 years of experience in Norway and nearly 50 years of international operations.
Multiconsulting hydropower
Multiconsult is one of Norway's leading consulting engineering companies with more than 20 offices in Norway and abroad. The company provides expertise in all phases of planning, design and construction of energy generation, transmission and distribution systems.
Consulting hydropower solutions
Vattenfall Power Consultant is the leading Swedish consultancy company in the energy and power sector, spanning over all areas of the energy industry.
Energy from osmosis
The Norwegian company Statkraft opens the world’s first facility for osmotic power generation. Statkraft says a full-scale commercial osmotic power plant could be ready by 2015.
Powering development
SN Power is a growing international renewable energy company with projects and operations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. We invest on commercial terms and are committed to social and environmental sustainability throughout our business.
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