Power StationsWORLDWIDETHE GLOBAL EDITION 01
Map of 1,897 power plants in Norway, coloured by fuel and sized by capacity
← Country directoryNOR / COUNTRY PROFILE

Power plants in Norway

1,897 power-plant records · 40,636 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 96%
  • Wind 3%
  • Storage 0%
Explore Norway on the map

Norway at a glance

Power-plant records
1,897
Reported capacity
40,636 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
98.6%
Most records
Hydro, Wind
Grid operator
Statnett
Capital
Oslo

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Kvilldal1,240 MW
  2. 2Tonstad960 MW
  3. 3Aurland 1840 MW
  4. 4Saurdal640 MW
  5. 5Sy-Sima620 MW
Full list of power plants in Norway ↓

Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Norway

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Almost all electricity comes from hydropower. Norway has five price zones traded through Nord Pool; the government pays part of household bills when prices are high.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

Statnett, owned by the state, runs the main grid; around 100 local companies, mostly municipally owned, run distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Nordic gridRegional grid

    Part of the Nordic synchronous area shared by Norway, Sweden, Finland and eastern Denmark, with a common power exchange across the region.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

Browse the worldwide operator directory
ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Norway generates electricity

Electricity generated157.1 TWh
Renewable share98.6%
Low-carbon share98.6%
Carbon intensity29.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro139.6 TWh
Wind14.6 TWh
Solar0.53 TWh
Bioenergy0.24 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas1.5 TWh
Other fossil0.72 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

Explore trends & country comparisons

Geography and data notes

Norway is in Northern Europe. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Oslo
Languages
Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål, Sami
Region
Northern Europe

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 1,897 records for Norway. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

1,897 source records. 1,892 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

132 lack an owner/operator; 5 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Norway

Open country map

Browse 1,897 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

EVM

Gas
382 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.