The sources, speaking in the wake of French operator Engie's recent decision to halt payments for power infrastructure in the county citing European competition concerns, said a power cable from Mongstad in Hordaland county was the only choice that made economic sense for the project.
However, in 2008 former Gjoa operator StatoilHydro signed a deal with Sogn og Fjordane and local energy companies pledging to pay for a new deep-water quay, a power line and a transformer station in the county to get them to withdraw a complaint that could have delayed the project.
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