Summary of the case: Norway’s Directorate of Water Resources and Energy (NVE) has ordered Green Mountain to stop work on building its substation, as they believe the company has breached the Energy Act. Green Mountain depends on this concession to be able to provide electricity to the TikTok centre. Managing director of Green Mountain, Svein Atle Hagaseth, believes they have not broken the law, according to Hamar Arbeiderblad. NVE can potentially impose a fee on Green Mountain because they have started work on the substation without the necessary permission. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Green Mountain has received an order from NVE to stop work on building its transformer station. This is because Norway’s Directorate of Water Resources and Energy (NVE) believes the company has broken the Energy Act. Green Mountain depends on this concession to be able to provide electricity to the TikTok centre. CEO of Green Mountain, Svein Atle Hagaseth is clear that they believe they have not broken the law. – The reason for the order is that we have not yet had our license application approved by NVE. It is still being processed, he tells HA. Hamar Arbeiderblad mentioned the case first. The company Green Mountain, which builds halls for data storage for TikTok at Heggvin on the border between Hamar and Løten, may have broken the energy law. Photo: Green Mountain A fee may be imposed The notice from NVE was sent out on Friday last week. There is an application pending in NVE for permission to build this facility. As of now, Green Mountain does not have that permission. That’s what Anne Johanne Kråkenes tells news. She is section leader in the supervision and emergency response department at the section for environmental supervision of energy facilities in NVE. – There is a requirement, according to the Energy Act, that you must have a permit to realize or build this type of facility. That application is being processed by NVE. When we then received a tip that work was in progress, we considered sending out the stoppage notice. “Green Mountain writes in the letter of 21/1/2024 that they have done preparatory work on their own land in the form of foundation work, made transformer cells, control buildings and started busbars. NVE notes that starting construction work for the establishment of electrical facilities and associated auxiliary facilities without a license is a breach of the Energy Act § 3-1. NVE takes this seriously,” they write. Kråkenes tells news that a possible outcome could be that NVE imposes a fee on Green Mountain because they have started work on the substation connected to the plant at Heggvin. Believe they have not broken the law Hagaseth in Green Mountain is clear that they believe they have not broken the law. – We think we have done what we are allowed to do and NVE thinks otherwise. That is also why we immediately stopped work. Now we want to send more information about what we have done, he says to HA. The case will be updated with a comment from Green Mountain when news receives this.
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Green Mountain’s work on the transformer station at Heggvin has been stopped – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
