Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
On 19 December 2024, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) formally set the investigation programme (utredningsprogram) for Equinor Energy AS’s plan to electrify one or more petroleum fields on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea with power from shore, covering the entire grid connection from land through the affected Trøndelag municipalities of Flatanger, Namsos, Nærøysund and Åfjord. The programme was established on the basis of Equinor’s proposal, consultation comments and NVE’s own assessments, with the aim of enabling studies of the environmental and other consequences of the planned power-from-shore grid facilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from production.