Norway - Energy System Overview

General information Norway

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Country size 304 000 km 12th compared to IEA countries
Population (2015) 5.137 million 0.4% of IEA population
GDP (2015) 307.97 billion USD (PPP)

Energy system transformation

SUPPLY AND DEMAND 2015
TPES: 30.2 Mtoe, 45% renewables (IEA average 10%) Electricity generation: 144.3 TWh
250 35
Heat 98% renewables (IEA average :24%)
Export transformation and other losses

Electricity
Biofuels &
200 28
waste
Other 0.3%
150 21 renewable
Commercial Biofuels and
Mtoe

waste Gas Hydro

Renewables
100 14 Transport
Natural Gas 2% 96%
Residential
Oil Wind
50 7
Industry 2%
Coal
0 0
Production TPES TFC (fuel supply)* TFC (consumption)*
Fuel shares compared to IEA average
Fuel TPES IEA average Ranking in IEA Electricity IEA average Ranking in IEA
Coal 3% 18% 27 0% 30% 27
Oil 37% 36% 13 0% 2% 27
Gas 19% 26% 18 2% 25% 26
Hydro 39% 2% 1 96% 13% 1
Nuclear 0% 10% 17 0% 19% 17
Biofuels 5% 6% 22 0% 3% 29
Wind 1% 1% 20 2% 5% 24
Geothermal 0% 1% 22 0% 0% 9
Solar 0% 0% 28 0% 2% 28
*Consumption data are from 2014
KEY ENERGY INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT, 1990-2014 INTENSITY
200
Population Energy intensity (TPES/GDP) Carbon intensity (CO2/GDP)
(toe/USD PPP) (tCO2 /USD PPP)
180
TPES
200 600
160 TFC 180 Max (Canada) Max (Estonia)
Index (1990=100)

500
140 GDP (USD 160
PPPs) 140
CO2 400
120
emissions 120

100 100 IEA median 300

Norway 93.34
80
80
1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 60 Min (Switzerland)
200 IEA median
40
100 Norway 114.656
Norway IEA average
20
Min (Switzerland)
TPES/Capita (Mtoe/Million) 5.60 4.48
Electricity consumption/Capita (MWh/capita) 23.11 8.72 0 0
CO2 emission/Capita (MtCO2/Million) 6.87 10.07

Energy security
PRODUCTION AND SELF SUFFICIENCY 2015
FUEL IMPORT EXPORT
120 20 Production
Crude Oil Russia (31.76%) United Kingdom (41.28%)
18
100 TPES Cameroon (24%) Netherlands (21.74%)
16
Oil Products Sweden (32.06%) Netherlands (14.04%)
14
80 Self Denmark (16.74%) United States (13.42%)
Self sufficiency
Mtoe

12 sufficiency
Natural gas - Germany (42.1%)
60 10 IEA average
- United Kingdom (24.91%)
8
40 Coal Colombia (51.08%) Netherlands (57.3%)
6
Russia (16.45%) Denmark (11.48%)
4
20
2 ELECTRICITY
Imports Sweden (71.5%)
0 0
Crude oil Natural gas Coal Exports Sweden (55.02%)