About NVE

NVE’s mandate is to ensure an integrated and environmentally sound management of the country*s water resources, promote efficient energy markets and cost-effective energy systems and contribute to efficient energy use. The directorate plays a central role in the national flood contingency planning and bears overall responsibility for maintaining national power supplies. From 2009 NVE is assigned greater responsibility for the prevention of damage caused by landslides.

 NVE is involved in research and development in its fields and is the national center of expertise for hydrology in Norway.

 Energy and water are fundamental factors in the struggle to combat poverty, improve health conditions, and increase prosperity in the developing world. NVE has more than thirty years of  experience in development assistance. The majority of our work in developing countries involves programmes initiated by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation or the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 
NVEs engagements varies from

• Project preparation and appraisal of projects
• Development of legal framework
• Institution and capacity building
• Evaluation of studies and reports
• Monitoring of water resources
• Power system studies
• Electricity regulation

NVE is working mainly in Africa and Asia, in addition to some Balkan states, specifically on energy efficiency and environmental impact assessment studies, and water resources monitoring networks.

Agnar Aas
Director General