Norway

Policy Report
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The following report on Norwegian renewable energy policy has been produced by IFE, Institutt for Energiteknikk, under the auspices of the Renewable Energy Working Group of the European Energy Network (EnR).

Report Summary:

After hydropower, which accounts for 99% of the electricity production, bioenergy is Norway's most significant contributor to renewable energy and accounts for 4.5 % of the total primary energy supply. The production of electricity from windpower is currently 35 GWh, however new licence applications amounts another 1,5 TWh.

A barrier to RES is the low electricity prices. As the prices are set by the marked and there are no expectations of dramatic increases in the electricity price during normal hydrological years. Information and training, together with the introduction of new energy technologies and similar measures will therefore remain the most important instruments available to the authorities.

Wind energy investments are subsidised up to 25% and are exempt from investment tax as well as half the energy production tax. Projects that increase the use of renewables, heat pumps and utilisation of waste heat for heating and process purposes can be supported through special investment schemes.

In order to secure research and development, the government established a programme in 1995 that aims at development of efficient, renewable energy technologies including field testing of prototypes.

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