Welcome to IEA Wind Member Country Activities for Norway

The installation of new wind power capacity in Norway was low during the past year. In 2010, the new capacity installed was 18.4 MW. However, about 14 MW were also taken out of production, resulting in a net capacity installed in 2010 at 4.4 MW. Total production of wind power was 906 GWh compared to 980 GWh last year. Wind generation constitutes 0.75% of the total electric production in the country. Electric energy in Norway is generated using a very high share of renewables. The dominant energy resource is hydropower, but there is also a keen interest in wind power as a commercial source of energy. Most of the remaining potential economical renewable resources are wind power, but there is also a potential for about 20 TWh of hydropower, mostly small-scale hydropower.