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| Company type | Statsforetak |
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| Industry | Electricity |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Oslo,Norway |
Area served | Norway |
Key people | Hilde Tonne (CEO) |
| Products | Power grid |
| Revenue |  NOK 5906 million (2015) |
| NOK 1714 million (2015) | |
| NOK 1103 million (2015) | |
Number of employees | 1632 (2021[1]) |
| Parent | Government of Norway |
| Website | www.statnett.no |
Statnett is aNorwegianstate-ownedenterprise responsible forowning, operating and constructing the stempower grid in Norway. The company has its headquarters inOslo, Norway.
Statnett also owns 30% of theNord Pool Spot along with other Nordictransmission system operators.
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 Grid map and development plan |
Statnett is the transmission system operator in Norway, operating 11,000 kilometres (6,800 mi) of high power lines.[2] There are plans to upgrade the western grid from 300 to 420 kV at a cost of 8 billion NOK,[3] partly to accommodate cables[4] to Germany[5] and England.[6]
The power grid in Norway is divided into three sectors: the stem net, the regional net and the local net. While it is often localmunicipalities 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 toSweden (3,600 MW),Finland (120 MW),Russia (50 MW),Denmark (1,700 MW submarine cableCross-Skagerrak) and theNetherlands (700 MW submarine cableNorNed). Statnett also participates in theNORD.LINK andNorth Sea Link projects (proposed submarine cables to Germany and England, respectively).[7][8][9]
Statnett's operations were originally part ofNorges 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) andStatkraft (production) in 1992.
Statnett participates in the following international organisations:
