Energy policies of IEA countries: Norway, 1997 review
This IEA report provides a comprehensive, in-depth assessment of the energy policies of Norway, including recommendations on future policy developments. The report highlights the electricity sector, where the impressive reforms allow for all consumers to choose their supplier. The report describes in considerable detail the first international electricity spot and financial exchange market, and also covers the diversification of the fully hydro based system to bring on gas-fired generation. The report describes the significance of the North Sea petroleum resources whose production has placed Norway as the second largest oil exporting country after Saudi Arabia. Increased production has been facilitated by adapting the licensing regime to provide more incentives for investment and development. These achievements and suggested further steps are discussed here. The report also examines the pivotal position of Norwegian natural gas in the European market, a market which is poised for change, and calls for critical evaluation of the state`s role. It acknowledges that hydrocarbon developments in Norway have enhanced the security of supply for energy consuming countries. Other issues highlighted in the report include Norway`s position at the forefront on international efforts to respond to global environmental concerns. This report forms part of the a series of periodic in-depth reviews conducted and discussed by the IEA Member Countries on a four-year cycle.
- Research Organization:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France)
- OSTI ID:
- 675950
- Report Number(s):
- OECD-1325/XAB; ISBN 92-64-15688-7; TRN: 82861364
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 29 Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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