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.
Since 1955 the company has participated in planning and construction of powerplants all over the world. Norconsult, therefore, has thorough knowledge and experience from carrying out power projects under varying conditions worldwide.
Norconsult areas of competence and services offered within the power and water field are:
• Hydropower
• Transmission and High Voltage Systems
• Power Economics
• Power Management Consulting
• Dams and Waterways
• Turbines/Pumps and Generators
• Water and Environment
Hydropower specialists
Norconsult offers planning of hydropower schemes from the preliminary analyses of hydrology, topography, geology and estimated power production, through detailed layout and design of all project components.
Norconsult engineers have extensive experience from projects of all sizes and complexity, and can be easily integrated into the employer's multi-discipline team.
Norconsult has developed effective methods to identify the most advantageous installed capacity and uprating measures for any hydropower plant.
The services include:
• Planning of new plants and uprating
• Inspections and condition assessment
• Budget prices from our database for optimising alternatives
• Contract engineering and technical specifications
• Environmental impact assessment
• Project management
• Site supervision, testing and commissioning
• Quality assurance
Multi experience and services
Norconsult has been involved with a large number of smaller power plants and mechanical inspections,as well as the inspection of a large number of dams in Norway and Sweden.
Norconsult’s presence in the Norwegian power environment is clearly demonstrated through its participation in research projects and conferences. The company has been particularly engaged in Norwegian research on the breaching of dams.
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