Press releases 2011
Here you will find our press releases from 2011.
30-11-2011
Hydropower and CDM, letter to Minister Erik Solheim
Norwegian Minister received a letter from six Norwegian hydropower developers expressing their concern for the status of hydropower in the CDM.
27-10-2011
Ambuklao hydropower plant opened
SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), a daughter company of SN Power has fully commission the 105-megawatt Ambuklao hydroelectric power plant in the Philippines.
28-9-2011
SN Power Aboitiz (SNAP) wins three prestigious prizes.
SNAP (a daughter company of SN Power) won one gold and two silver prizes at the prestigious Asian Power Awards in Malaysia tonight.
20-6-2011
SN Power announces two CDM registered projects in the Philippines.
Oslo, 20 June, 2011 – SN Power announced today that two more of their hydropower plants has been registered as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
15-8-2011
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SN Power forms renewable energy JV in Brazil
SN Power has entered into an agreement to acquire a major shareholding in the Brazilian renewable power company Desenvix.
26-5-2011
SN Power acquires energy commercialization company in Brazil
SN Power has today entered in an agreement to buy all the shares of the energy commercialization company Enerpar (Energias do Paraná Ltda.), a Brazilian subsidiary of the Norske Skog Group, for BRL 120 million, approximately USD 75 million at the current exchange rate. Enerpar owns energy purchase contracts up to the end of 2025 for an average annual value of 1.2 TWh. The company will continue to provide part of this energy to a Brazilian subsidiary of Norske Skog until 2015 and sell the remainder to other free customers. Closing of the transaction will take place by the end of May.
25-5-2011
SN Power AfriCA changes name to Agua Imara and announces new projects in Panama and Zambia
SN Power AfriCA announced today their new company name and profile, Agua Imara and new projects in Panama and Zambia.
3-5-2011
La Confluencia - SN Power’s fifth United Nation CDM registered project
Last week the United Nations approved the registration of SN Power’s run-of-river hydropower plant, La Confluencia in Chile under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Koyto Protocol.
21-4-2011
SN Power reorganizes part of its portfolio in Chile
As part of a strategy to reorganize a portion of its assets in Chile, SN Power announced today an agreement with its partner Centinela. Under this agreement, SN Power acquired the 20% participation of Centinela in Norvind S.A., increasing its ownership from 80% to 100%. Norvind operates the Totoral Wind Farm, which has 46 MW of installed capacity and it is located about 300 kilometers north of Santiago.
14-4-2011
TATA Power and SN Power Consortium wins bid for 236 MW Dugar hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh
Oslo, 14 April 2011: Tata Power, India's largest integrated private power company today announced that the consortium comprising of Tata Power and SN Power Norway has bagged the “Dugar Hydro Electric Project” in Chenab Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. Tata Power and SN Power, Norway entered into an exclusive partnership in 2009 to develop hydropower projects to meet the increasing energy demand in India and Nepal through the provision of clean energy.
25-3-2011
Torger Lien New CEO in SN Power
Torger Lien has been appointed new CEO in Statkraft Norfund Power Invest AS. Lien comes from the position as CEO in Fred. Olsen Renewables AS.