The Standing Committee on Energy and Environment is considering private member's bills from several MPs calling for a halt to electrification of the Melkøya facility and other petroleum installations. The proposers offer alternative solutions including gas power with carbon capture, floating offshore wind, and reallocation of power. Committee members are divided: a majority from the Labour Party, Progress Party, Conservative Party, Centre Party, Green Party, and Liberal Party back the government's 2023 decision on electrification, while members from left-wing parties argue that the decision's underlying assumptions no longer hold and alternatives deserve study.
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The Storting calls on the government to return with alternatives to Melkøya electrification.
The Storting calls on the government to enable Statnett to release the power allocated to the Melkøya electrification project, and to allow business operators to apply for grid access and allocation of that power.
The Storting calls on the government to present a proposal for an alternative and realistic power solution for the Melkøya/Hammerfest region no later than the revised national budget for 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to reconsider whether gas power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be an alternative to planned electrification from the grid.
The Storting calls on the government to reject the proposed wind power plants in Finnmark that would affect untouched natural areas, reindeer herding lands, or other areas with important nature, business, or outdoor recreation values.
The Storting calls on the government to halt further onshore electrification of petroleum installations on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The Storting calls on the government to stop onshore electrification of the Heidrun field and instead require oil companies to cut emissions by financing and developing gas power with CCS and/or floating offshore wind.
The Storting calls on the government to stop onshore electrification of the Grane field and instead require oil companies to cut emissions by financing and developing gas power with CCS and/or floating offshore wind.
The Storting calls on the government to stop onshore electrification of the Snorre field and instead require oil companies to cut emissions by financing and developing gas power with CCS and/or floating offshore wind.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that all new shelf electrification projects are carried out through requirements that oil companies finance and develop gas power with CCS and/or floating offshore wind.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that the completed Melkøya project does not connect to the ordinary grid in NO4, thereby releasing the currently reserved power and allowing a gas power plant without carbon capture to meet the entire power needs of the completed Melkøya project.
The Storting calls on the government to require Equinor to continue operating the gas power plant on Melkøya and to begin work on extending the existing licence.
The Storting calls on the government to establish a regional transition commission for Finnmark to examine how to sustain settlement and employment in the county as oil and gas activity declines.
The Storting calls on the government to present a plan for closing Hammerfest LNG by 2030.