Statistics Norway

Electricity statistics, monthly

1 Electricity balance. Monthly. GWh
  Twelve-month periods January-April April
  May 2010-April 2011 May 2011-April 2012 Change in per cent 2011 2012 Change in per cent 2011 2012 Change in per cent
Total production  117 467  142 559 21.4 40 407 54 821 35.7 8 434 12 081 43.3
Hydro power  110 486  137 594 24.5 37 553 53 068 41.3 7 793 11 711 50.3
Thermal power 5 889 3 598 -38.9 2 348 1 173 -50.0  531  286 -46.2
Wind power 1 092 1 367 25.2  506  579 14.5  109 85 -22.5
                   
Import 17 949 4 204 -76.6 8 274 1 223 -85.2 1 597  285 -82.1
Export 6 250 21 328  241.3  609 7 608 1 149.2  355 1 841  419.0
                   
Gross domestic consumption  129 166  125 435 -2.9 48 071 48 436 0.8 9 676 10 525 8.8
                   
Pump storage use and other own consumption 1 378 2 331 69.1  411  331 -19.4  243 69 -71.7
Calculated net loss 10 177 10 772 5.9 3 756 4 236 12.8  735  915 24.4
                   
Net consumption of electricity  117 612  112 332 -4.5 43 905 43 869 -0.1 8 698 9 541 9.7
                   
Consumption in extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 5 402 5 648 4.6 2 017 2 258 11.9  416  504 21.0
                   
Total consumption in power-intensive manufacturing 34 855 34 738 -0.3 11 423 11 509 0.8 2 789 2 776 -0.5
                   
Non-priority consumption 1 378 1 758 27.6  444  595 33.9  109  161 47.8
                   
Priority power 33 477 32 980 -1.5 10 979 10 914 -0.6 2 681 2 615 -2.5
consumption in pulp and paper production 4 242 3 840 -9.5 1 233 1 190 -3.5  250  246 -1.7
Production of chemical commodity 6 553 5 894 -10.1 2 138 1 953 -8.6  532  476 -10.4
Production of iron, steel and ferroalloy 4 199 4 501 7.2 1 491 1 559 4.5  380  364 -4.4
Production of aluminium and other metals 18 483 18 746 1.4 6 116 6 213 1.6 1 519 1 529 0.7
                   
Consumption without power-intensive manufacturing and extraction 77 355 71 947 -7.0 30 465 30 102 -1.2 5 492 6 262 14.0

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