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The processing of license applications for wind power onshore in Norway has been at a standstill since April 2019. On Friday April 8th the Norwegian government published a white paper and a letter to The Norwegian Water and Energy Directorate (NVE) stating that they are re-opening the process of license applications for onshore wind power in cases where this is requested by the host municipalities.

When the Solberg government opened areas in the North Sea for offshore wind, it set a maximum installed capacity at 1,500 MW for Utsira Nord and 3,000 MW for Southern North Sea II.

The Norwegian government issued an update related to its offshore wind strategy on February 9th, 2022. The strategy aims to support the further development of offshore wind in Norway, whilst the controversial hybrid cables are postponed.

On Friday, June 11, the Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru presented Norway’s strategy to maintain its position as an energy nation. A key component of this strategy is offshore wind. The government believes that the interest in Norwegian offshore wind is now so significant that they can conduct an auction for the rights to develop offshore wind in the North Sea. We have taken a closer look at what this development involves.

The Norwegian Government on 11 June 2021 published a White Paper «Putting Energy to Work – Long Term Value Creation from Norwegian energy resources”.

Today, the government presented the parliamentary report “Energy for Work – Long-term Value Creation from Norwegian Energy Resources.”

Norway has a well-developed contractual and regulatory framework for ICT procurements and contracts are commonly based on a model agreements from one of the three “families” of model agreements in Norway. This article is intended as a brief guide for foreign companies that are involved in ICT procurements in Norway.

With regards to the presentation of the revised National Budget, the Norwegian government announced their plans concerning the introduction of a moderate production tax on onshore wind power production from 2022.