Statistics Norway

Electricity statistics, monthly

1 Electricity balance. Monthly. GWh
  Twelve-month periods January-September September
  October 2006-September 2007 October 2007-September 2008 Change in per cent 2007 2008 Change in per cent 2007 2008 Change in per cent
Total production  130 437  140 234 7.5  100 806  103 332 2.5 11 609 10 231 -11.9
Hydro power  128 267  137 917 7.5 99 226  101 854 2.6 11 347 10 076 -11.2
Thermal power 1 280 1 480 15.6  961  922 -4.0  172 96 -44.3
Wind power  890  837 -5.9  619  555 -10.3 90 59 -34.8
                   
(+) Import 7 688 3 877 -49.6 3 768 2 361 -37.3 42  194  365.2
(-) Export 13 864 15 415 11.2 12 729 12 824 0.7 2 317 1 372 -40.8
                   
(=) Gross domestic consumption  124 261  128 697 3.6 91 844 92 868 1.1 9 334 9 053 -3.0
                   
(-) Pump storage use and other own consumption 2 375 1 942 -18.2 1 986 1 723 -13.2 82 63 -23.2
(-) Calculated net loss 10 041 10 488 4.4 7 543 7 598 0.7  823  733 -10.9
                   
(=) Net consumption of electricity  111 845  116 267 4.0 82 315 83 548 1.5 8 429 8 257 -2.0
                   
Total consumption in power-intensive manufacturing 33 263 34 155 2.7 25 059 25 681 2.5 2 750 2 799 1.8
                   
Non-priority consumption 2 262 1 982 -12.4 1 701 1 368 -19.5  195  159 -18.7
                   
Priority power 31 001 32 174 3.8 23 359 24 313 4.1 2 555 2 640 3.3
Production of chemical commodity 5 188 5 089 -1.9 3 906 3 824 -2.1  435  422 -3.0
Production of iron, steel and ferroalloy 4 731 5 006 5.8 3 691 3 674 -0.5  409  367 -10.2
Production of aluminium and other metals 21 081 22 078 4.7 15 761 16 815 6.7 1 711 1 851 8.2
                   
Consumption without power-intensive manufacturing 78 583 82 112 4.5 57 256 57 867 1.1 5 679 5 458 -3.9

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