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Power plants in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

1 power-plant record · 0 MW reported capacity

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Svalbard and Jan Mayen at a glance

Power-plant records
1
Reported capacity
0 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
No data
Most records
Oil
Grid operator
Svalbard Energi
Capital
Longyearbyen

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Longyearbyen energy works — diesel complexOil
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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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Island systemSmall isolated grid

Longyearbyen's grid now runs on diesel after the coal plant closed in 2023; Jan Mayen has only a station generator.

  1. GenerationLocal power station
  2. TransmissionIsland grid
  3. DistributionIsland utility
  4. CustomersSet tariffs

Who regulates

Electricity rules follow Norway, with local oversight by the territory’s government.

Who controls the grid

Longyearbyen's local council runs the energy plant.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Island system” mean?

A small grid that is not connected to a larger network. One utility typically runs generation and distribution, often relying on imported fuel, with solar and batteries increasingly added.

Svalbard and Jan Mayen is a statistical territory, not one interconnected electricity grid. This reference is specifically for Longyearbyen; it does not cover every settlement or Jan Mayen.

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.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Svalbard and Jan Mayen generates electricity

No comparable 2024 electricity figures are available in this snapshot. This is a data gap, not zero generation.

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

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Geography and data notes

Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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
Longyearbyen
Languages
Norwegian
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 records for Svalbard and Jan Mayen. 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 source record. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

0 lack an owner/operator; 1 lack a commissioning year.

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List of power plants in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

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

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