Norwegian el-consumption peaks in severe cold
The severe cold spell over large parts of Norway over the past weeks has led to a high consumption of electricity, with a record peak on Wednesday.
Between 8am and 9am on Wednesday Norwegians consumed nearly 24.000 Megawatt-hours. This is the highest recorded consumption of electricity ever, NRK reports.
The power system still has surplus capacity. The production capacity in winter time is 26.500 Megawatt-hours.
