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paultnylund | 4 years ago

Last I heard, they actually have so much excess power that they're selling it to the UK.

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mfer|4 years ago

First, it’s great they have so much green power generation. I didn’t realize that.

In addition to generation there is local distribution. Power lines, transformers, etc. Is there any information on that part of it? I wonder if they needed to upgrade their grid.

noneeeed|4 years ago

Yep, we've just added a new 1.4GW interconnect between Norway and the UK. I believe it's the longest undersee interconnect in the world. Hopefully more will follow, I think more interconnects over greater distances are really important to help smooth out both demand and supply issues with renewables.

readflaggedcomm|4 years ago

Production could outstrip local distribution precisely because the excess is exported. It doesn't tell whether distribution can handle increased load.

albertop|4 years ago

Do you know how they are generating electricity?

runeks|4 years ago

They aren't necessarily generating it -- sometimes they're just storing it. When we produce too much electricity from wind turbines here in Denmark, Norway buys this at a negative price (to offload the Danish grid), stores it (using pumped hydroelectric energy storage), and sells it back into the market when prices are positive again.

xyproto|4 years ago

Yes, and the electricity trade may contribute to higher prices for local consumers.