founder statkraft statoil norsk hydro headquarters tysv r norway area served norway key people arne liverud ceo bj rn blaker chairman products electricity revenue nok 0 million 2006 operating income nok 130 million 2006 profit nok 187 million 2006 owner statkraft 50 % statoil 50 % website www.naturkraft.no naturkraft is a norwegian power company that operates one natural gas powered thermal power station located at k rst . it also holds a permit to build a second one at kollsnes . the company is owned by statoil and statkraft with 50 % each . history edit the company was founded in 1994 by statkraft statoil and norsk hydro with 1 3 ownership each though statoil in 2004 sold its ownership to statkraft and norsk hydro . in 1996 naturkraft received permission from the norwegian water resources and energy directorate to build both of the plants at k rst and kollsnes . in 1997 the permits were confirmed by the norwegian ministry of petroleum and energy . in 1999 the permit for emissions was granted by the norwegian pollution control authority and confirmed by the norwegian ministry of the environment in 2001 . in september 2005 arne liverud took up the position as ceo at naturkraft as . 1 controversy edit the construction of the two power stations has provoked a huge controversy in norway due to the large amounts of carbon dioxide that will be emitted . the k rst plant will emmit 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide or about 2.5 % of the total emissions of norway . prior to the opening of the k rst power station on november 2 2007 norway s sole domestic production of grid electricity was provided through renewable energy . references edit press release cisionwire retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title naturkraft & oldid 700669834 categories power companies of norwaycompanies based in rogalandcompanies established in 1994statkraftstatoil navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 19 january 2016 at 22 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view