Fiborgtangen is a

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and industrial site located along

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in the northwest part of the village of Skogn in

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county,

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. The site hosts the

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Norske Skog Skogn and the associated port used to ship

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away from the plant. Fiborgtangen is also the site chosen by

Industrikraft Midt-Norge Industrikraft Midt-Norge is a Norwegian energy company that holds a permit to build a thermal power plant fueled primarily by natural gas from Haltenbanken, but also partially from biofuel, at the Fiborgtangen industrial site in Levanger Municip ...

to build a

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. The site is accessible via a side track from the

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and from

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, which both run past the site. Fiborgtangen Skogn

References

Levanger Norske Skog Ports and harbours of Norway Industrial parks in Norway {{Trøndelag-geo-stub