Electricity generation in Northern Europe
Compare 2024 electricity production, renewable shares and low-carbon generation across Northern Europe, with country-level grid and market references.
Electricity production by country in Northern Europe
10 of 16 listed countries and territories report annual generation. Their available-country subtotal is 801.1 TWh in 2024. This is a sum of available observations, not an official or complete continent/region total. Country shares are shown separately; they are not averaged into a regional percentage.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
| Country / territory | Generation (TWh) | Renewable (%) | Low-carbon (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom electricity production | 284.2 | 50.7 | 64.9 |
| Sweden electricity production | 172.2 | 69.4 | 98.8 |
| Norway electricity production | 157.1 | 98.6 | 98.6 |
| Finland electricity production | 82.6 | 55.9 | 95.4 |
| Denmark electricity production | 35.1 | 89.2 | 89.2 |
| Ireland electricity production | 31.1 | 46.5 | 46.5 |
| Iceland electricity production | 19.1 | 100 | 100 |
| Lithuania electricity production | 7.4 | 84.3 | 84.3 |
| Latvia electricity production | 6.3 | 73.5 | 73.5 |
| Estonia electricity production | 6.3 | 55.8 | 55.8 |
Coverage, geography and assumptions
This subregion follows the existing atlas country crosswalk, not a new statistical or electrical boundary. Each country’s full national observation is counted once within this group. Russia is assigned wholly to Europe and Türkiye to Asia; production is not split spatially. A parent group overlaps its subregions, so do not add those pages’ subtotals together.
Subtotals include reported zero values but exclude missing annual generation. They are calculated directly from source TWh, never inferred from installed MW, plant counts or capacity factors. The imported dataset excludes the provider’s regional aggregates; the World chart uses the provider’s separate World series, not a sum of these pages.
Electricity production is only one part of energy production: transport fuels, heat and primary energy are not included. Generation, consumption, electricity imports and installed capacity answer different questions.
6 missing annual generation observations
- Åland Islands: atlas coverage and references
- Faroe Islands: atlas coverage and references
- Guernsey: atlas coverage and references
- Isle of Man: atlas coverage and references
- Jersey: atlas coverage and references
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen: atlas coverage and references
Source snapshot: 24 April 2026; common observation year: 2024. This page derives navigation and a subtotal from the published snapshot, not live measurements or a refreshed dataset. Editorial and review scope.
Grid operators and electricity markets in Northern Europe
A geographic region is not one synchronous grid or one electricity market. Find the national or regional organisations, their stated roles and service areas, and the sources behind each country’s listing. Missing exchange links are not evidence that trading is absent.
| Country / territory | Listed grid organisations | Markets / power pools | Recorded structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Åland Islands grid operators and electricity market | Kraftnät Åland | Nord Pool | Wholesale market |
| Denmark grid operators and electricity market | Energinet | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| Estonia grid operators and electricity market | Elering | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| Faroe Islands grid operators and electricity market | SEV | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Finland grid operators and electricity market | Fingrid | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| Guernsey grid operators and electricity market | Guernsey Electricity | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Iceland grid operators and electricity market | Landsnet | Elma | Wholesale market |
| Ireland grid operators and electricity market | EirGrid | Nord Pool; SEMOpx | Liberalised market |
| Isle of Man grid operators and electricity market | Manx Utilities | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Jersey grid operators and electricity market | Jersey Electricity | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Latvia grid operators and electricity market | AST | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| Lithuania grid operators and electricity market | Litgrid | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| Norway grid operators and electricity market | Statnett | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen grid operators and electricity market | Svalbard Energi | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Sweden grid operators and electricity market | Svenska kraftnät | Nord Pool | Liberalised market |
| United Kingdom grid operators and electricity market | SONI; NESO | Nord Pool; SEMOpx; EPEX SPOT | Liberalised market |
Operator references reviewed 2026-09-29. Recorded market structures are summaries, not current prices, licence registers or a claim of continent-wide uniformity. The linked country sections include source URLs and geographic limitations.
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