Norway registers 6 TWh of under-construction wind, hydropower capacity
30/04/2021 10:16
OSLO, April 30 (Reuters) - Norway currently has 6 terawatt
hours (TWh) of wind and hydropower capacity under construction,
the country's energy regulator NVE said on Friday.
Of the total, 4 TWh stemmed from onshore wind turbines and
the remaining 2 TWh from hydropower plants, NVE said in a
quarterly update.
Additionally, 0.27 TWh of new hydropower capacity started
operating in the first quarter, according to the data.
Installed wind power capacity in Norway last stood at nearly
4 gigawatt (GW), equating to an average output of 13.1 TWh, NVE
data showed.
Installed hydropower capacity in Norway last stood at 33 GW,
equating to median annual production of 136 TWh.
Norway has seen a boom in onshore wind power development
over the past years, with 6.1 TWh of new capacity coming online
in 2020. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K43GX
However, 2021 is widely expected to be the last year of
large additions as the rapid expansion has caused a backlash
among locals and new permitting is currently put on ice.
(Reporting by Nora Buli, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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