Households are using more energy

Energy consumption by households has increased in recent years, rising in both 1994 and 1995. Most of the growth is due to higher consumption of electricity, which increased by around six per cent from 1994 to 1995. Total household energy use increased last year by around three per cent from the year before.

The consumption of wood by households has risen steadily in recent years, while consumption of oil is down somewhat. Petrol consumption has declined since 1990, due to increased petrol taxes and other factors. Consumption of diesel has, however, risen some.

New Statistics

Balance sheet of individual forms of energy and energy accounts, 1994 and 1995.
Statistics are published in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and Official Statistics of Norway (NOS) Energy Statistics 1995, which will be published in October. More information: Ann Christin Bøeng, tel. +47 21 09 47 43, e-mail: abg@ssb.no, Lisbet Høgset, tel. +47 21 09 49 53, e-mail: iho@ssb.no and Kristin Rypdal, tel. +47 21 09 49 49, e-mail: krr@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin is. 38, 1996