Norway's Naturkraft sticks to gas power plan - NRK
Date: 07-Oct-99
Country: NORWAY
Naturkraft, owned by industrial group Norsk Hydro , state oil firm
Statoil and state power firm Statkraft, earlier this year
shelved a plan to build Norway's first on-land gas power stations after
authorities ordered it to slash NOX emissions by 90 percent and carbon
dioxide (CO2) by half.
NRK public radio quoted Naturkraft spokeswoman Gro Mjellem as saying
Naturkraft would pursue its original plan to build traditional gas power
stations because it was cheaper than more environment-friendly methods.
She said Norway should buy CO2 quotas from other countries - as the
Kyoto climate agreement allows - instead of applying expensive filtering
technology.
Norway's centrist coalition government is opposed to construction of
traditional gas power plants.
Norwegian companies have previously said they have found methods which
extract CO2 emissions from gas power production.
