Trondheim Energi
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Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway
Norway
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-based power company
Power Company
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and a subsidiary of Statkraft
Statkraft
Statkraft is a Norwegian state owned electricity company. With a total energy production of 44.9 TWh in 2007, the Statkraft Group is the third largest energy producer in the Nordic region, as well as the largest energy producer based on renewable energy sources in Europe,consisting of 40% of the...
. The company owns the power grid and district heating
District heating
District heating is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating...
in Trondheim and Klæbu
Klæbu
Klæbu is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, about south of the city of Trondheim. The administrative center is the village of Klæbu. The other major village in Klæbu is Tanem.The village of Klæbu is located...
as well as fourteen hydroelectric power plants
Hydroelectricity
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in Nea and Nidelva
Nidelva
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as well as five partially owned power plants in the Orkla Valley.
Total production of electricity was 2,865 GWh in 2006, while district heating was 451 GWh. Trondheim Energi has 82,000 power customers, 93,000 grid customers and 2,400 district heating customers.
History
Trondheim Energi was founded in 1901 as Trondhjems Elektricitetsværk og SporveiTrondhjems Elektricitetsværk og Sporvei
Trondhjems Elektricitetsværk og Sporvei was a municipally owned power company and tram operator in Trondheim, Norway between 1901 and 1936 when the company was split in Trondheim Energiverk and Trondheim Sporvei...
to build a power plant in Øvre Leirfoss and operate the Trondheim Tramway
Trondheim Tramway
Trondheim Tramway located in Trondheim, Norway consists presently of one 8.8 km tramway line, Gråkallbanen, from St. Olav's Gate in the city centre through Byåsen to Lian Station in Bymarka...
. In 1921 the company
Company
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was split into Trondheim Energiverk (TEV) and Trondheim Sporvei
Trondheim Sporvei
Trondheim Sporvei was a municipally owned tram operator in Trondheim, Norway that existed between 1936 and 1974. The company operated the municipal parts of the Trondheim Tramway until it was merged with A/S Graakalbanen and Trondheim Bilruter to create Trondheim Trafikkselskap...
, the latter with responsibility for the tramway. In 1952 TEV and Stockholm Elverk made an agreement where they would cooperate in building the Nea power plant. The agreement included exchange of power with Sweden
Sweden
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. In 1982 the district heating
District heating
District heating is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating...
system was decided built by the city council
City council
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, with operation starting in 1986. In 1997 the company was reorganized as a limited company
Aksjeselskap
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and in 1999 as a corporation
Corporation
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. In 2002 Trondheim city council sold the company to Statkraft. In 2007 the group changed its name to Trondheim Energi.