Sandnes
Sandnes is experiencing significant grid infrastructure upgrades to support growing energy demand, with major transmission projects and emerging datacenter and transport electrification needs.
Active Queue
Production
0 MWConsumption
47 MWCases
5Active Concessions
Production
120 MWConsumption
0 MWCases
14Overview
The municipality is seeing substantial investment in grid modernization, with Statnett upgrading to 420kV transmission capacity and multiple regional grid enhancements by Lnett. Strong activity in datacenter development and transport electrification demonstrates growing energy consumption demand, while existing wind projects provide renewable generation capacity.
Recent Activity
Avinor recently switched its 10MW transport electrification project from Humleberget to Bærheim substation, and the major Humleberget transformer station project advanced to application stage in April 2026.
Key Substations
Outlook
Strong prospects for energy infrastructure development with major grid capacity upgrades enabling increased electrification, particularly in transport and datacenter sectors, while wind generation capacity provides foundation for renewable energy supply.
| ASP DATA CENTER AS | 8 | consumption | Bærheim | Lnett AS | In Queue | datacenter |
| ASP EIENDOM AS | 8 | consumption | Bærheim | Lnett AS | Reserved | datacenter |
| ASP EIENDOM AS | 3 | consumption | Bærheim | Lnett AS | Reserved | datacenter |
| AVINOR AS | 9.6 | consumption | Bærheim | Lnett AS | In Queue | transport |
| KOLUMBUS AS | 18 | consumption | Bærheim | Lnett AS | Reserved | transport |