Founded on January 30, 1896, the company’s original purpose was to utilize the water in Arendals watercourse to generate electricity.
Over the past century, we have transformed into an international industrial investor while continuing to be a proud local producer of hydropower. Currently, we are in the process of building a new hydropower plant. Located in the river Nidelva, between Arendals Fossekompani’s two existing hydropower plants, Kilandsfoss hydropower plant will extract more energy from a river that already provides plenty of energy to society.
Kilandsfoss hydro powerplant our first hydropower newbuild in almost 100 years. We are proud to continue our legacy of providing people and communities with clean energy and are pleased to share our progress.
Below, we have gathered a few milestones of the ongoing Kilandsfoss building project.
September 2023
Last autumn, we marked the initial construction phase of Kilandsfoss hydropower plant, a small-scale facility that is scheduled to start production of fossil-free electricity in 2026.
“It is truly rewarding to work for a company that supports the green transition in many ways – also through the development of more renewable energy. Utilizing the flow of water to produce electricity has been a specialty for us for generations,” says Benjamin Golding, CEO at Arendals Fossekompani.
March 2024
Celebrating progress
This month many of our colleagues and partners gathered to celebrate the building progress of Kilandsfoss hydropower plant.
“I am most excited by the fact that this project is finally underway and has carried out as planned so far. That is worth the occasion,” says Kilandsfoss Project Leader, Camilla Ellefsen.
“It is inspiring to see the enthusiasm and determination among those working on this project. I'm looking forward to the next steps,” says Ingunn Ettestøl, Chief Sustainability Officer at Arendals Fossekompani.
May 2024
This month we have crossed a bridge
Literally! Continued building progress of Kilandsfoss hydropower plant is going as planned.
“We have now reached an important milestone in the project as the bridge over the railway into the power plant is soon finished. In the next phase of the project, work on the power plant itself will begin, while gates and turbines become finalized by our suppliers,” says Chief Sustainability Officer, Ingunn Ettestøl.
September 2024
Kilandsfoss progress report: Phase two
First we broke ground. Then we built a bridge. And now, we are happy to share that Arendals Fossekompani has officially entered phase two of the Kilandsfoss project.
“I am pleased to share that this project is tracking on schedule. The gates and turbines are currently in production and the entire team is excited to finally start work on the power plant itself,” says Kilandsfoss Project Leader, Camilla Ellefsen.
December 2024
Kilandsfoss progress report: Site visits
The building site for the future Kilandsfoss hydropower plant has seen a fair share of visitors these past few weeks. Most recently, the board of Kilandsfoss AS, CSO at Arendals Fossekompani, Ingunn Ettestøl, Mayor of Froland Municipality, Inger-Lene Håland, and Mayor of Åmli Municipality, Hans Fredrik Tangen, visited the construction site together with project leaders to discuss its progress. Currently, the area where the power station will be located is almost ready with the necessary groundwork and the present focus is on completing the foundation and the dam around the segment gate.
“Froland Municipality views Kilandsfoss AS as an important investment both for contributing to the production of more renewable energy and for securing future revenues for the municipality,” says Håland.
“It is great that we as a municipality can contribute to new green energy production through our ownership in Kilandsfoss AS. We in Åmli are very proud of this! We expect this to be a long-term and profitable investment for Åmli Municipality. Additionally, as the host municipality, we will receive secure and stable revenues starting from the commissioning of the power plant,” says Tangen.
