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Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg emerges as a major renewable energy hub with nearly 1 GW of planned production capacity, heavily focused on solar development around the strategic Hasle substation.

Active Queue

Production

835 MW

Consumption

278 MW

Cases

21

Active Concessions

Production

131 MW

Consumption

1.6 MW

Cases

14

Overview

The municipality shows exceptional energy development activity with 35 total projects spanning solar, wind, hydro, battery storage, and industrial consumption. Hasle substation has become the central connection point for most developments, indicating strong grid infrastructure and strategic positioning. Recent activity includes significant datacenter investments from AtNorth and continued solar project development.

Recent Activity

Strong momentum with new biogas project applications, datacenter capacity expansions by AtNorth, and continued solar development activity, though some projects have been withdrawn including an 85 MW Hafslund Kraft project.

Key Substations

Hasle transformatorstasjonLangerud koblingsstasjonHafslund koblingsstasjonBorregaard transformatorstasjon

Outlook

Excellent prospects driven by strategic grid infrastructure at Hasle substation attracting major renewable developers, growing datacenter demand, and industrial expansion including established players like Borregaard, positioning Sarpsborg as a key regional energy hub.

End CustomerMWProd/ConsStationStatusType
AtNorth AS60consumptionHasleIn Queuedatacenter
AtNorth AS30consumptionHasleReserveddatacenter
Borregaard AS35consumptionHasleReservedindustrial
Differ Energy AS7.6productionHasleReservedsolar
Frevar KF8consumptionHasleReservedother
Hafslund Kraft AS85productionHaslewithdrawnhydro
Hafslund Kraft AS20productionHasleReservedhydro
Hafslund Magnora Sol AS28productionHasleIn Queuesolar
Hafslund Magnora Sol AS23productionHasleReservedsolar
HybridTech AS56productionHasleReservedsolar
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