TOWARDS GREEN HORIZONS Rainpower, a Norwegian hydropower specialist, is entering a new stage of its development. With its proud history and now under new ownership, the company is in a stronger position than ever to deliver solutions for the renewable society of the future. Romana Moares reports.
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ounded in 1853, Rainpower is an experienced project organisation based on Norwegian hydropower. Today, Rainpower offers proprietary technologies for integrated products and services to the hydropower industry worldwide. Headquartered in Lillestrøm, Norway, the company has offices across Norway, as well as in Sweden and China. Rainpower’s product and service portfolio ranges from turbines, governor systems, control systems and other equipment, maintenance services and rehabilitation, as well as technology for hydropower system design and upgrades. The company can deliver everything from runner replacements to complete water-to-wire electro-mechanical systems and is at
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the forefront in excitation and turbine governing systems as well as automation for small hydro projects. Through Hymatek Controls (a company in the Rainpower group), Rainpower is currently one of Scandinavia’s largest and most influential professional environments for turbine and voltage regulation.
Technical competence Rainpower’s turbine laboratory in Trondheim has a played key role in testing and developing new turbines since 1985. The laboratory organises an annual upgrading conference featuring presentations covering everything from academic subjects to practical project implementation.
