– I am so disappointed and pissed that I do not know what to do, says Sigrid Hoddevik Losnegård, leader of Nature and Youth, in a press release. Nature and youth are already ready with the links after it became clear last night that the electrification of Melkøya will continue. They have previously helped stick the wheels for the planned copper mine in Kvalsund in Finnmark, which Nussir has been fighting for decades to get started. – We are ready to make a hell to stop this electrification, warns Losnegård. Nature and youth warns of screams after the electrification goes on without reindeer husbandry and nature interest being taken care of as they think they should. Photo: Lovise Tokle Rannekleiv. / Lovise Tokle Rannekleiv Many believe the electrification of the gas plant outside Hammerfest will lead to large nature interventions, electricity deficits and high electricity prices in Finnmark. – This will lead to carpet bombing of wind turbines. The power line to East Finnmark will never be realized within five years, which the Labor Party believes, says Bengt Rune Strifeldt in Frp. This is to exaggerate the Labor Party’s parliamentary representative, Sigurd Rafaelsen. He says the wind turbines will seize only 0.2 per cent of Finnmark’s area. – This corresponds to a corner flag on a football field, Rafaelsen contains. The Storting representative for the Labor Party, Sigurd Rafaelsen, still believes that the government should be able to injure enough alternative power to Finnmark before Melkøya is electrified. Photo: Andreas Lekang / news Losnegård in Nature and Youth fears enormous damage to nature in Finnmark. She believes this goes beyond reindeer husbandry and Sami human rights. – When this case has created such an enormous popular mobilization, it feels insanely unfair. This project has too much consequences for us to stand and watch it happen, says Losnegård. Preliminary those who opposed the Storting were unable to reach a majority on the electrification. With 83 against 86 votes, the proposal from the Frp was for the government to present an alternative and realistic power solution for the Finnmark region by the end of 2025 voted down. Other proposals that the electrification of Melkøya should also be stopped. The so-called compromise proposal received 75-94 votes. Thus, the committee’s recommendation was adopted by the shortest possible majority, with 84 against 85 votes. Carbon capture and storage of the CO2 is what has been designated as a solution of several parties. The government has intended this will be too expensive. They have estimated that it will cost 30-40 billion. In 2024, Equinor earned 335.2 billion. Hildegunn T. Blindheim, CEO of Offshore Norway, is very pleased that the electrification will continue. – We want to pay a salute to the parties that give the oil and gas industry crucial predictability. Significant uncertainty has been created with this re -fight, and we are now looking forward to being able to direct our eyes ahead, says Blindheim. Disappointed over the left left the Joker in the Storting last night. Guri Melbye disappointed many in Finnmark when she and the Left did not vote to stop the electrification of Melkøya. Photo: Josef Benoni Ness Tveit / news But those who expected the party to join the proposal to stop the electrification was disappointed. They voted no. The reason for party leader Guri Melby was that it would be irresponsible to withdraw permits with regard to the predictability of business. Bengt Rune Strifeldt says he thought the party was slipping. – But something has happened in the 12th hour. I was very surprised by the left, and disappointed, says Strifeldt. Poll May 2025 How would Norway vote? Show in addition Party support party turnout change 28.4 %+0.5 20.3 %–0.7 19.1 %+0.2 7.1 %+0.8 5.5 %+1.8 5.3 %–1.9 4.0 %+0.2 3.1 %–0.3 2.3 %–0.8 Party Measurement from May 2025. Shows change from polls in April. Power ointment on Facebook In the comments fields on social media, the tone was far harder on Tuesday night. Here was the condemnation fierce. And not just to the left. The comments on social media glowed on Tuesday night. Photo: Hanne Larsen / news Many believe the government has overrun the population of Finnmark. They had several premises that were to be fulfilled before allowing electrification. Reindeer husbandry should be heard and there should be enough power available before Melkøya is connected. None of this is so far fulfilled. Storting representative Sigurd Rafaelsen (Ap), tells news that there is nothing to indicate that electricity prices will bounce in the weather overnight. And if there is a power deficit, it is only to continue with the gas power plant on Melkøya until 2030, when the license expires, he says. Rafaelsen believes what happened in the Storting last night creates security for the investments made. – It is a forward -looking decision that ensures that we are still prioritized for grid development in the north. Right to East Finnmark, something means a lot to the development of our region, he says. Vedum did not believe in what Irene Ojala in Patient Focus does not share the joy of Rafaels. She writes on Facebook the following day that “everything could have been avoided if the Center Party had not broken the party’s national meeting decision.” On Monday this week, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum was in Finnmark. Here he admitted that he did not really believe that they would be able to fulfill enough power, when he, together with Jonas Gahr Støre, launched that Equinor got to start electrification. – But that’s the way it is in politics. Some matches you lose, and some you win. Published 07.05.2025, at. 09.36 Updated 07.05.2025, at. 14.37
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