Statistics Norway

Electricity statistics, monthly

1 Electricity balance. Monthly. GWh
  Twelve-month periods January-February February
  Mars 2010-
February 2011
March 2011-
February 2012
Change in
per cent
2011 2012 Change in
per cent
2011 2012 Change in
per cent
Total production  118 819  136 181 14.6 21 822 29 859 36.8 10 551 14 431 36.8
Hydro power  112 000  130 633 16.6 20 390 28 944 41.9 9 866 13 938 41.3
Thermal power 5 839 4 189 -28.3 1 187  604 -49.1  579  322 -44.5
Wind power  980 1 360 38.7  245  311 27.1  106  171 61.7
                   
Import 17 183 7 457 -56.6 4 403  606 -86.2 1 994  261 -86.9
Export 6 089 18 346  201.3  180 4 196 2 234.5  101 1 968 1 853.2
                   
Gross domestic consumption  129 913  125 293 -3.6 26 045 26 268 0.9 12 445 12 724 2.2
                   
Pump storage use and other own consumption 1 190 2 439  104.9  108  137 26.1 53 57 8.6
Calculated net loss 10 308 10 616 3.0 2 068 2 340 13.1  990 1 129 14.0
                   
Net consumption of electricity  118 415  112 239 -5.2 23 869 23 792 -0.3 11 402 11 538 1.2
                   
Consumption in extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 5 378 5 517 2.6 1 026 1 136 10.7  527  569 8.1
                   
Total consumption in power-intensive manufacturing 33 952 33 830 -0.4 5 567 5 569 0.0 2 612 2 706 3.6
                   
Non-priority consumption 1 360 1 610 18.4  219  233 6.4  106  116 9.4
                   
Priority power 32 592 32 220 -1.1 5 349 5 337 -0.2 2 506 2 590 3.4
consumption in pulp and paper production 4 435 3 809 -14.1  679  605 -11.0  287  291 1.1
Production of chemical commodity 5 730 5 338 -6.9  941  886 -5.8  451  433 -3.9
Production of iron, steel and ferroalloy 4 085 4 474 9.5  740  780 5.5  353  382 8.0
Production of aluminium and other metals 18 341 18 599 1.4 2 989 3 065 2.6 1 414 1 484 4.9
                   
Consumption without power-intensive manufacturing and extraction 79 085 72 892 -7.8 17 275 17 087 -1.1 8 263 8 262 0.0

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