Sørfold

Sørfold is experiencing significant energy development activity with major grid infrastructure upgrades supporting diverse industrial consumption projects.

Active Queue

Production

79 MW

Consumption

370 MW

Cases

23

Active Concessions

Production

3.2 MW

Consumption

0 MW

Cases

20

Overview

The municipality shows robust energy sector activity with 21 concession cases and 23 active grid queue items, indicating strong developer interest. Major grid infrastructure investments by Arva AS and Statnett are enabling substantial new consumption capacity, particularly for data centers, hydrogen production, and industrial facilities connecting to the strategic Salten transformer station.

Recent Activity

Recent activity includes approval of a 22 kV electrical installation in Trollbukta in June 2026, demonstrating continued infrastructure development.

Key Substations

Salten transformatorstasjonValljord transformatorstasjonSiso transformatorstasjonKobbvatnet

Outlook

Strong outlook driven by major grid capacity expansions and the strategic position of Salten transformer station attracting large-scale industrial and data center developments, though high consumption demand may create grid capacity constraints.

Hydropower
79
Grid Infrastructure
Transport & EV Charging
Industrial
Data Centers
Hydrogen & Ammonia
Aquaculture
AKER NSCALE AS13consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASReservedindustrial
ARCTIC SAPPHIRE AS53consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASIn Queueindustrial
ARCTIC SAPPHIRE AS7consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASReservedindustrial
ARCTIC SILICON CARBIDE AS30consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASIn Queueindustrial
AVINOR AS6.5consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASReservedtransport
BLUEBITE GMBH1consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASReserveddatacenter
CADRE AS7.6productionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASIn Queuehydro
CADRE AS7.2productionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASIn Queuehydro
CADRE AS5.8productionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASIn Queuehydro
FJUEL BODØ AS6consumptionSalten transformatorstasjonArva ASIn Queuetransport
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