Statistics Norway

Electricity statistics, monthly

1 Electricity balance. Monthly. GWh
  Twelve-month periods January-August August
  September 2006-
August 2007
September 2007-
August 2008
Change in
per cent
2007 2008 Change in
per cent
2007 2008 Change in
per cent
Total production  126 749  141 627 11.7 89 197 93 115 4.4 11 239 10 011 -10.9
Hydro power  124 705  139 187 11.6 87 879 91 778 4.4 11 094 9 874 -11.0
Thermal power 1 198 1 557 30.0  789  826 4.7 98 97 -0.7
Wind power  847  883 4.3  528  511 -3.3 47 40 -15.5
                   
Import 8 300 3 725 -55.1 3 726 2 166 -41.9 14  129  828.9
Export 12 096 16 361 35.3 10 412 11 453 10.0 2 608 1 747 -33.0
                   
Gross domestic consumption  122 954  128 990 4.9 82 510 83 828 1.6 8 645 8 393 -2.9
                   
Pump storage use and other own consumption 2 366 1 961 -17.1 1 904 1 660 -12.8  186 92 -50.5
Calculated net loss 9 815 10 578 7.8 6 721 6 866 2.2  771  688 -10.7
                   
Net consumption of electricity  110 773  116 451 5.1 73 886 75 302 1.9 7 688 7 612 -1.0
                   
Total consumption in power-intensive manufacturing 33 132 34 107 2.9 22 309 22 883 2.6 2 829 2 921 3.3
                   
Non-priority consumption 2 177 2 018 -7.3 1 505 1 209 -19.7  196  161 -17.8
                   
Priority power 30 954 32 089 3.7 20 804 21 673 4.2 2 633 2 760 4.8
Production of chemical commodity 5 158 5 103 -1.1 3 471 3 403 -2.0  452  435 -3.9
Production of iron, steel and ferroalloy 4 630 5 048 9.0 3 283 3 307 0.7  424  415 -2.0
Production of aluminium and other metals 21 167 21 938 3.6 14 050 14 964 6.5 1 757 1 910 8.7
                   
Consumption without power-intensive manufacturing 77 641 82 344 6.1 51 576 52 419 1.6 4 859 4 691 -3.5

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