SEV (company)

SEV
Company typeApS
Industrypower generation
Founded1946
FounderMunicipalities of 3 islands of the Faroe Islands
Headquarters
Tórshavn
,
Faroe Islands
Key people
Hákun Djurhuus, CEO, Jákup Suni Lauritsen, president of the board
Productselectric power
OwnerAll municipalities of the Faroe Islands
Websitewww.sev.fo

SEV is a power producer and distributor on the Faroe Islands. The company name is derived from the names of islands Streymoy, Eysturoy and Vágar, which established the company on 1 October 1946.[1][2] All municipalities in Vágar, all in Eysturoy except for Sjóvar municipality and all municipalities in Streymoy except for Tórshavn, Kvívík and Kollafjørður met at the first establishing meeting. Later all municipalities in the Faroe Islands joined SEV.[2] In 2015 60% of the produced electricity of SEV came from green energy sources, 17,8% came from the windmills in Neshagi and Húsahagi, 42,3% came was hydropower.[3]

  1. ^ "SEV - The Faroese Electric Company". Randburg. Archived from the original on 1997-03-27. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SEV-history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rana, Hallur av (5 January 2016). "60 prosent av elorkuni var grøn" (in Faroese). in.fo (Sosialurin). Retrieved 6 January 2016.