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The European Court of Human Rights' Greenpeace Nordic v. Norway ruling of 28 October 2025 addresses procedural requirements for environmental impact assessments in the context of upstream fossil fuel projects.

The Norwegian Government on 11 June 2021 published a White Paper «Putting Energy to Work – Long Term Value Creation from Norwegian energy resources".

Onshore wind power remains one of the cheapest production technologies, yet no new permits have been granted since 2020. This episode explores the complex legal framework governing wind power development in Norway, where municipalities effectively hold veto power and regulatory requirements create challenging processes for all stakeholders. What will it take to move new wind power projects from planning to production efficiently and properly?

On 1 January 2025, the Norwegian Government adopted a new regulation on data centres. Until that point, there had been no comprehensive regulatory framework governing data centre operations in Norway...

The EU has adopted a classification system that determines which economic activities may be considered sustainable.

The new framework opens the door to increased public financing of investments to accelerate the transition towards a net-zero economy, including in renewable energy production, and represents...

The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has in collaboration with other relevant directorates (the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, The Norwegian Environment Agency...

The Norwegian government has introduced measures to accelerate power production and grid expansion, including streamlined environmental assessments, removal of state veto rights in hydropower cases...

Norway's government has unveiled an ambitious package of measures aimed at halving the time required to plan and build electricity transmission infrastructure and accelerate onshore wind development. The reforms introduce statutory two-year licensing deadlines, remove state objection rights, and grant municipalities consent authority over wind projects, fundamentally reshaping the country's approach to power and grid expansion.

Wednesday 29 March 2023, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy published the announcement for the first competition for offshore wind for the project areas Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II.

The Norwegian government has proposed a comprehensive package of measures to accelerate the development of power grids and renewable energy production. These reforms include simplifying environmental impact...

Energidepartementet sendte 8. oktober 2026 på høring forslag til endringer i energiloven og energilovforskriften om prisregulering av fjernvarme.

Norwegian oil, gas, and LNG exporters face a critical compliance challenge as EU methane regulations take effect in 2027, requiring documentation of measurement, reporting, and verification systems equivalent to EU standards—regardless of whether Norway has implemented the rules domestically. Recent enforcement deferrals reduce penalties but not obligations, creating a complex regulatory landscape that demands immediate attention from producers navigating long-term supply contracts.

The tendering for offshore wind projects on the Norwegian continental shelf is finally underway. The tender documents set out the terms and conditions for the tenders...

This update explores some high level trends and legal developments across some of Norway's key sectors that have an international impact.

Q1 2023 was not anticipated to be a buoyant start to the year, but the Norwegian economy has fared better than expected, with unemployment remaining low and Confederation...