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The power situation week 53, 2009

06.01.2010 | 14:00

Highest power consumption since 2001. The Norwegian power consumption was 3272 GWh in week 53. It is the highest consumption of a week since the winter of 2001. Cold weather explains the high consumption.

The coldest weather was in Southern-Norway. In Oslo the average temperature was -11,5 degrees Celsius this week.

Although the cold weather contributed to a higher consumption than the year before in the lasts week of 2009, the total year consumption has been significantly lower than the year before. If we compare the consumption of  week 1-52 in 2009 with the  same period in 2008, there has been a decrease of 6,8 TWh. Adjusted to normal temperatures the decrease is 8,2 TWh. More than half of this decrease is explained by lower consumption in power intensive industry.

For more information, please call:
Head of section Tor Arnt Johnsen, phone: + 47 930 24 238
Adviser Finn Erik L. Pettersen, phone: +47 22 95 98 45