High electricity prices in Norway have increased the demand for solar panels
The demand for installing solar panels has increased sharply as a result of the high electricity prices, according to Solenergiklyngen and Solenergi Norge AS. The…
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Statnett: 10% of the high electricity prices in Norway due to new foreign cables
The price effect of the two new power cables to Germany and England is around 10% of the high energy prices since last autumn, according…
Norwegian municipalities are reporting record revenues due to high electricity prices
New figures from Statistics Norway (SSB) show that the revenues of Norwegian municipalities from licensed power increased by 50% in 2021, new figures from Statistics…
Russian invasion may contribute to strong growth in electricity prices in Southern Norway next week
The attack on Ukraine is driving up gas prices. Together with less wind, it could lead to the power price in Southern Norway increasing by…
SSB: Norway registered the highest electricity price ever measured in the fourth quarter of 2021
The average electricity price for households was 108.1 øre / kWh in the fourth quarter of 2021, not including taxes and grid rent. This is…
Norway’s Finance Minister Vedum wants a better system for fixed prices for electricity
Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (SP) says they are working to ensure that Norwegians receive a better offer of a fixed price for electricity…
Norway’s Statkraft reports 3.9 billion kroner in profit for Q4 due to high electricity prices
Statkraft achieved a profit after tax of NOK 3.9 billion in the fourth quarter last year. That is NOK 200 million more than in the…
PHOTO: Demonstrations against high electricity prices across Norway
On Tuesday, there were demonstrations against high electricity prices in 21 places in Norway. In Oslo, about 500 people showed up, according to the police….
Suldal Municipality to give out 10,000 kroner in electricity subsidies to low-income residents
Suldal Municipality wants to give families with less than NOK 600,000 in gross income and single people who earn less than NOK 400,000 the opportunity…
PM Støre promises electricity subsidies next winter if the prices soar again
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (AP) promised to help Norwegians pay their electricity bills if electricity prices next winter become as high as they have…
PHOTO: Protests against high electricity prices held in several Norwegian cities
On Thursday, several protests against high electricity prices took place in Oslo, Kristiansand, Bergen, Stavanger, Arendal, and Harstad. Outside the Norwegian parliament (Storting), many people…
NVE: Lower electricity prices registered in the Nordic region last week
Mild weather in the Nordic region contributed to lower power consumption and lower prices last week. Weekly wind power production in the Nordic region was…
Energi Norge warns against setting a maximum price for electricity
According to Energi Norge, setting a maximum price for electricity could lead to critical energy shortages in Norway and stop the green shift. Several political…
Many sports teams in Norway are shocked by the high electricity prices: “Very worrying”
The electricity costs of sports teams in Norway were on average two and a half times as large in November and December of 2021 than…
Energi Norge: Norway’s public sector will earn an extra 18 billion kroner this winter due to the high electricity prices
Energi Norge estimates that the public sector in Norway will earn an extra NOK 18 billion due to the high electricity prices this winter. The…
Half a million Norwegian households will not receive electricity support automatically
A total of 500,000 households in Norway will not automatically receive the electricity subsidy from the government. The reason is that they get electricity and…
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions wants the state to provide more electricity support
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions secretary Are Tomasgard demands that the Norwegian state picks up more of the electricity bills. Despite the government’s electricity support…
Electricity support: Norway’s Conservative Party demands an extra 1000 kroner for the unemployed
The Conservatives (H) believe that the state’s help to electricity customers is not good enough. Now they will present a separate proposal which, among other…
Residents of Oslo, Viken, and Innlandet to receive a total of 1 billion kroner in electricity support
Norway’s largest grid company Elvia estimates that it will cost NOK 1 billion in order for each of their customers to receive electricity support in…
Customers in Trøndelag will not receive state financial support to pay their electricity bills for December
The price of electricity per kilowatt-hour in Central Norway was below 70 øre in December, according to Tensio. Thus, customers in Trøndelag will not receive…
