Statkraft [SEP] inception
they bought Paulenfossen in Southern Norway in 1895.
In 1921 The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) was created to operate the nation's power plants. From 1950 to 1960, the state constructed large hydropower plants across the country.
In 1986 the power plants and central power grid were split off as Statskraftverkene, which was divided again in 1992 into Statkraft and Statnett. Statkraft SF was created as a government enterprise.
Through the 1990s and 2000s Statkraft acquired a number of local power plants in Norway in
2001, and planning consent given in March 2003; the project was sold to Centrica (25%, c.£22.5million), Dong Energy (37.5%), and Statkraft (37.5%) in Sep. 2003. The estimated cost of developing the project was £100million, of which £10million was provided by a UK government grant. In 2004 Centrica and Dong Energy bought the Statkraft stake, forming a 50:50 joint venture in the development.
The initial Warwick Energy proposal was for a 30 turbine wind farm 7 km southwest