In Norway, 98 percent of all electricity production come from renewable sources. This puts us in a unique position in both a European and global perspective. Electricity production in Norway is for the most part based on flexible hydro-power, but both wind and thermal energy contributes to the Norwegian electricity production. In 2013, Norway produced 134 terawatt hours (TWh) electricity. One TWh equals one billion kilowatt hours (kWh). By comparison, the Norwegian capital, Oslo, consumes around nine TWh each year.
Source
Amount (TWh)
Hydropower
129 TWh
Wind power
1,9 TWh
Thermal power
3,3 TWh
Total
134 TWh
The dominant role of hydropower in the electricity production makes sufficient precipitation and inflow to the dams and reservoirs vital. At the same time, having flexibility in the power production makes it possible to both export and import power to or from our neighbouring countries through interconnectors, depending on the demand.
In the last decade, wind power has increasingly become a part of the Norwegian power production. For now, wind is still only a small part of the total output, but the number of wind turbines increases year on year