The Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant is the first and largest hydroelectric power plant in Greenland. It was built by Nuuk-Kraft and it is operated by Nukissiorfiit – Greenland’s national energy company.In 1984–85 Greenland’s energy authority prepared a Greenland’s hydroelectricity development program. Construction of a plant in Buksefjord was proposed by a private consortium in 1988. In 1989 four companies were invited to a public tender.