Wednesday, 12 April 2017
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Greenfact had a talk to Geir Kildal from Skagerak Kraft AS about being the first in Norway to do a GO deal, environmental accounting and the future of renewable energy.
Kildal is Head of Origination and Trading Renewables at Skagerak Kraft, owned by Skagerak Energi, and is the pioneer of guarantee of origin trades in Norway. “We did the very first trade in 2001, together with Statkraft. Fjordkraft wanted the GO, so we did it. In fact, we have been first on several green initiatives.”
“We have made ourselves accountable to strict, environmental standards, such as being ISO 14001 certified. I believe we are the only hydro power plant in Europe with this certification”.
According to Skagerak Energi’s website, the environmental certification, issued by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), commits the company to manage the natural ...