Statistics Norway

Electricity statistics, monthly

1 Electricity balance. Monthly. GWh1
  Twelve-month periods January-March March
  April 2010-
March 2011		 April 2011-
March 2012		 Change in
per cent		 2011 2012 Change in
per cent		 2011 2012 Change in
per cent
Total production  117 741  138 911 18.0 31 973 42 740 33.7 10 151 12 880 26.9
Hydro power  110 800  133 677 20.6 29 760 41 358 39.0 9 370 12 414 32.5
Thermal power 5 893 3 843 -34.8 1 817  888 -51.1  630  284 -55.0
Wind power 1 048 1 391 32.7  396  494 24.7  151  183 21.0
                   
Import 18 009 5 516 -69.4 6 676  938 -86.0 2 273  332 -85.4
Export 6 013 19 841  230.0  254 5 766 2 168.3 74 1 570 2 008.6
                   
Gross domestic consumption  129 737  124 586 -4.0 38 395 37 911 -1.3 12 350 11 642 -5.7
                   
Pump storage use and other own consumption 1 194 2 505  109.8  168  262 56.3 59  125  110.9
Calculated net loss 10 223 10 593 3.6 3 020 3 321 10.0  961  989 2.9
                   
Net consumption of electricity  118 321  111 488 -5.8 35 207 34 328 -2.5 11 329 10 528 -7.1
                   
Consumption in extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 5 403 5 560 2.9 1 601 1 754 9.6  575  618 7.5
                   
Total consumption in power-intensive manufacturing. 34 884 34 752 -0.4 8 634 8 734 1.2 2 925 2 999 2.5
                   
Non-priority consumption 1 394 1 706 22.4  336  434 29.4  115  150 30.7
                   
Priority power 33 490 33 046 -1.3 8 298 8 299 0.0 2 810 2 849 1.4
consumption in pulp and paper production 4 332 3 844 -11.3  984  944 -4.0  304  337 10.7
Production of chemical commodity 6 554 5 949 -9.2 1 607 1 477 -8.1  546  501 -8.4
Production of iron, steel and ferroalloy 4 116 4 517 9.8 1 111 1 195 7.6  371  415 11.8
Production of aluminium and other metals 18 488 18 735 1.3 4 597 4 684 1.9 1 588 1 596 0.5
                   
Consumption without power-intensive manufacturing and extraction 78 033 71 176 -8.8 24 973 23 840 -4.5 7 830 6 911 -11.7
1  On the basis of a comparison of the consumption in power-intensive manufacturing in the monthly electricity statistics and the annual electricity statistics of 2010 the sample of power-intensive manufacturing in the monthly statistics has been extended. Figures have been revised back to January 2010.

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