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Statkraft brings renewable energy to market
- Published 24 March 2023; updated 21 September 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Marked available; listed under Energy / Solar energy and Hydropower.
- Statkraft aggregates renewable generation from producers and manages market access and balancing. The page describes a German virtual power plant that remotely controls more than 1,300 renewable installations, with stated capacity of 10,000 MW and potential supply equivalent to over six million German households. Remote control can start or stop units to align supply with demand and avoid negative-price periods; weather data is used to improve wind and solar production forecasts.
- The service is presented as addressing producers’ needs for market information, analysis, continuous operations and balancing. Statkraft offers either access to renewable-energy subsidy schemes or a fixed price per produced megawatt-hour for several years, intended to provide producer revenue stability.
- The page reports Statkraft brings a 15,000 MW portfolio to market in Europe and lists operations in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK. These figures and market list are article-provided and may reflect its publication period.
- Linked to SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy).
- Contact: Lars Magnus Günther, Director of Communications, lars.gunther@statkraft.com. Company: STATKRAFT AS, Lilleakerveien 6, 0283 Oslo, Norway; statkraft.com. A phone-number reveal control is present.