Statistics Norway

Electricity statistics, monthly

1 Electricity balance. Monthly. GWh
  Twelve-month periods January-May May
  June 2010-May 2011 June 2011-May 2012 Change in per cent 2011 2012 Change in per cent 2011 2012 Change in per cent
Total production  118 510  145 077 22.4 49 050 65 982 34.5 8 643 11 161 29.1
Hydro power  111 572  140 261 25.7 45 695 63 877 39.8 8 142 10 808 32.8
Thermal power 5 818 3 418 -41.3 2 778 1 424 -48.7  430  250 -41.7
Wind power 1 120 1 397 24.8  577  681 18.0 71  102 43.0
                   
Import 16 699 3 600 -78.4 9 101 1 447 -84.1  828  224 -72.9
Export 6 396 22 899  258.0 1 041 9 611  823.5  432 2 004  364.0
                   
Gross domestic consumption  128 812  125 778 -2.4 57 110 57 817 1.2 9 039 9 382 3.8
                   
Pump storage use and other own consumption 1 473 2 216 50.5  661  466 -29.4  250  135 -45.9
Calculated net loss 10 149 10 912 7.5 4 435 5 055 14.0  679  819 20.6
                   
Net consumption of electricity  117 191  112 649 -3.9 52 015 52 296 0.5 8 110 8 427 3.9
                   
Consumption in extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 5 262 5 837 10.9 2 274 2 704 18.9  256  446 74.1
                   
Total consumption in power-intensive manufacturing. 34 846 34 595 -0.7 14 354 14 298 -0.4 2 931 2 788 -4.9
                   
Non-priority consumption 1 399 1 761 25.8  609  763 25.2  165  167 1.8
                   
Priority power 33 447 32 834 -1.8 13 745 13 535 -1.5 2 767 2 621 -5.3
consumption in pulp and paper production 4 178 3 788 -9.3 1 530 1 434 -6.2  296  245 -17.4
Production of chemical commodity 6 536 5 818 -11.0 2 673 2 413 -9.7  535  460 -14.1
Production of iron, steel and ferroalloy 4 247 4 483 5.6 1 855 1 905 2.7  364  346 -5.0
Production of aluminium and other metals 18 486 18 745 1.4 7 687 7 783 1.2 1 571 1 570 -0.1
                   
Consumption without power-intensive manufacturing and extraction 77 083 72 217 -6.3 35 387 35 295 -0.3 4 922 5 193 5.5

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