Finnmark needs nature – no more power!

The nature of Finnmark has never been as faithful as it is today. The government will electrify the gas plant at Melkøya with wind power from Finnmark and stretch 420 kv cables with monster masts throughout the county. This means that huge natural areas and reindeer will be destroyed forever for a short -term profit.

This is totally unnecessary, as Finnmark does not need more power. Even if you want to maintain and extend the operation on Melkøya, it can be done with far less intrusive methods, and if more cables are needed, they can be buried or laid in the sea.

However, if we are expanding wind power on all mountains and plains, it will not enough for stable power supply, because wind power is so unstable that it is not worth without balance power. Therefore, the new attack on nature is now coming: All of the watercourse protection is abolished with one stroke of the parliamentary majority. This can have major effects on Finnmark.

In the 1970s, there were three major power development plans in West Finnmark: the Alta-Guovdageaidnu watercourse, the Skáidi watercourse and the Kvalsund watercourse.

The last two were salvaged then, but now we have to expect the plans to come up again. The great opposition to Alta power plants did not stop the power plant, but made the development far less than planned.

There have been plans for tarting right up to Guovdageaidnu, with Máze underwater, and about the dam of Joatkkkajávrrit, Iešjávri, Láhpojávri, Biggejávri, Stuorajávri, Ávžeja, Suolojával Other water.

The Storting has now opened to re -fight if these rejected the development plans, and there are certainly some power speculators who will be applying. If all the possible wind and hydropower plans are implemented, there will hardly be nature left in our county and barely reindeer husbandry.

Finnmark is still the county with the most non -interventional nature, and we must take care of that. Finnmark is also the most important reindeer husbandry, and reindeer husbandry and outfield use are crucial to preserving Sami culture and language. The interventions that are now planned are in sharp battle with the conclusions of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with the Constitution's Sami Paragraph and Environmental Prparagraph, with the Natural Diversity Act, international conventions on indigenous peoples and minorities and the conclusions of the UN Nature Square.

We will definitely go towards each new building of wind power and power lines in Finnmark and cooperate with anyone who wants to stop this natural rage.

The Nature Conservation Association in Ávjovárri leader, Piera Jovnna Somby statement from the annual meeting, held 04.03.2025