Statnett

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title: "Statnett" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["electric-power-transmission-system-operators-in-norway", "government-owned-companies-of-norway", "energy-companies-established-in-1992", "ministry-of-petroleum-and-energy", "government-owned-energy-companies-of-norway", "norwegian-companies-established-in-1992"] description: "Norwegian state-owned energy company" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statnett" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Norwegian state-owned energy company ::

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Field	Value
name	Statnett SF
logo	Statnett logo.svg
image	Statnett main office.jpg
type	Statsforetak
foundation	1992
location	Oslo, Norway
key_people	Hilde Tonne (CEO)
area_served	Norway
industry	Electricity
products	Power grid
revenue	NOK 5906 million (2015)
operating_income	NOK 1714 million (2015)
net_income	NOK 1103 million (2015)
num_employees	1632
num_employees_year	2021
parent	Government of Norway
homepage	www.statnett.no
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| name = Statnett SF | logo = Statnett logo.svg | image = Statnett main office.jpg | type = Statsforetak | foundation = 1992 | location = Oslo, Norway | key_people = Hilde Tonne (CEO) | area_served = Norway | industry = Electricity | products = Power grid | revenue = NOK 5906 million (2015) | operating_income = NOK 1714 million (2015) | net_income = NOK 1103 million (2015) | num_employees = 1632 | num_employees_year = 2021 | parent = Government of Norway | subsid = | homepage = www.statnett.no | footnotes =

Statnett is a Norwegian state-owned enterprise responsible for owning, operating and constructing the stem power grid in Norway. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway.

Statnett also owns 30% of the Nord Pool Spot along with other Nordic transmission system operators.

Network

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Statnett is the transmission system operator in Norway, operating 11,000 km of high power lines. There are plans to upgrade the western grid from 300 to 420 kV at a cost of 8 billion NOK, partly to accommodate cables to Germany and England.

The power grid in Norway is divided into three sectors: the stem net, the regional net and the local net. While it is often local municipalities who own the regional and local net, the government through Statnett owns the stem net. The stem net typically has 300 to 420 kilovolts (kV) and is used to transport electricity across long distances.

There are a number of international power cables from Norway to abroad, including lines to Sweden (3,600 MW), Finland (120 MW), Russia (50 MW), Denmark (1,700 MW submarine cable Cross-Skagerrak) and the Netherlands (700 MW submarine cable NorNed). Statnett also participates in the NORD.LINK and North Sea Link projects (proposed submarine cables to Germany and England, respectively). | title = Statnett and E.ON mull Norway-Germany subsea cable | publisher = PennWell Corporation | work = Power Engineering International | date = 2008-01-10 | url= http://www.powergenworldwide.com/index/display/articledisplay/316607/articles/power-engineering/projects-contracts/statnett-and-eon-mull-norway-germany-subsea-cable.html | accessdate =2010-11-14}} | title = Statnett and E.ON Netz Launch Joint Feasibility Study for a DC-Cable Between Norway And Germany | publisher = Penton Media, Inc. | work = Transmission & Distribution World | date = 2008-02-06 | url= http://tdworld.com/projects_in_progress/business_in_tech/statnett-e-on-netz-dc-cable/ | accessdate =2010-11-14}} | title = Statnett enters into the NorGer project | publisher = Statnett | date = 2010-06-23 | url= http://www.statnett.no/en/News/News-archive-Temp/News-archive-2010/Statnett-enters-into-the-NorGer-project-/ | accessdate =2010-11-14}}

History

Statnett's operations were originally part of Norges vassdrags- og energiverk (NVE). In 1986 NVE was split in an operation company, Statskraftverkene and a directorate, Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat. Statskraftverkene was split into Statnett (power grid) and Statkraft (production) in 1992.

References

References

1. Nyhus, Håvard. (2022-02-02). "Statnett har nesten tredobla talet på tilsette".
2. "About Statnett {{!".
3. [https://www.statnett.no/en/our-projects/southern-norway/western-corridor/ Western corridor] [http://www.statnett.no/Nettutvikling/Vestre-korridor/ In Norwegian]
4. "Oppstart av arbeid på Vestre korridor {{!".
5. "NordLink {{!".
6. "North Sea Link".

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