Norway's Electricity Production record high

Norwegian electricity production reached 14 431 GWh in February 2012. This is an increase of 37 per cent compared to the same month last year, and the highest level ever recorded in that month.

A record high amount of the electricity was exported, according to Statistic Norway (SSB).

The very high power generation can be seen as a result of the large amount of water in the Norwegian power system.

According to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate the reservoir filling was 65.3 per cent at the beginning of February. Throughout the month, the filling fell by 9.3 percentage points to 56.0 per cent at the end of week 8. The median filling for the corresponding week in the years 1990-2011 was 52.0 per cent.

Norway’s export of power totalled 1 968 GWh in February 2012, whereas imports came to 261 GWh. This gave net exports of 1 707 GWh, and is the highest level recorded in February since the monthly electricity statistics started in 1979.