Thermal power is the second largest sources of renewable energy production in Norway. The production of thermal power peaked in 2010, at around 5.6 terawatt hours, but since 2012 the production stayed between 3.3 to 3.6 terawatt hours. In 2018, thermal power production composed 2.4 percent of the total electricity production in Norway.
Hydropower in Norway
Hydropower is probably more associated with Norwegian electricity production. 95 percent of the total electricity production in Norway in 2018 came from hydropower, and the total hydropower production volume amounted to around 143 terawatt hours that year.
Norwegian power station ownership
County- or municipality owned power stations produced the largest volume of hydropower in Norway in 2018. Their production reached around 70.9 terawatt hours, while the hydropower produced from central government owned power stations was almost 55 terawatt hours. Private power stations produced the smallest amount of hydropower in Norway, which was around 14.2 terawatt hours.
Electricity production from thermal power in Norway from 2008 to 2018
(in gigawatt hours)
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Statistics Norway. (November 28, 2019). Electricity production from thermal power in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in gigawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 27, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024899/electricity-production-from-thermal-power-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Electricity production from thermal power in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in gigawatt hours) ." Chart. November 28, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024899/electricity-production-from-thermal-power-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. (2019). Electricity production from thermal power in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in gigawatt hours) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024899/electricity-production-from-thermal-power-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Electricity Production from Thermal Power in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in Gigawatt Hours) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024899/electricity-production-from-thermal-power-in-norway/
Statistics Norway, Electricity production from thermal power in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in gigawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024899/electricity-production-from-thermal-power-in-norway/ (last visited February 27, 2020)
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