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100 kWh/day is just incredible. The average consumption per person in the nordics is about 1500 kWh per YEAR.

blacksmith_tb 9y ago
I would have thought that heating would require a lot of energy in the Nordic countries - but perhaps that doesn't use much electricity? I live in the NW US, in a heavily-insulated passivhaus with a 5kW PV array on my roof, and my average usage is 13kWh / day (though I am also charging a PHEV vehicle's battery some days, and still using an ineffecient old hex-core Xeon workstation on top of heating and cooling, heating water, cooking etc.).
- skummetmaelk 9y ago
  Electrical heating is not used when it can be avoided. It is much better to use waste heat from energy production and industry to heat your home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating
  - zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
    Actually, in Norway most of the heating is done with electricity (they have loads of hydro power).
- baybal2 9y ago
  I believe, they don't use electricity to heat the house in -20C, and few live in detouched houses.
zip1234 9y ago
Most likely not using electricity for heating/cooling?
pjc50 9y ago
That doesn't quite seem right: http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity... (Interestingly Canada's per capita consumption is comparable to the US despite being much further north)
- skummetmaelk 9y ago
  I should have edited my post to say just Denmark. Sweden and particularly Norway use much more energy.
Gravityloss 9y ago
If it's 10 cents per kWh, that's only 10 dollars per day or 300 per month. Investing in insulation or other things might or might not make sense. High electricity price for a long future period would also encourage investment. Alternatively, constructing your house in a benign climate, if you do a lifecycle analysis and look at the upkeep cost.

I would have thought that heating would require a lot of energy in the Nordic countries - but perhaps that doesn't use much electricity? I live in the NW US, in a heavily-insulated passivhaus with a 5kW PV array on my roof, and my average usage is 13kWh / day (though I am also charging a PHEV vehicle's battery some days, and still using an ineffecient old hex-core Xeon workstation on top of heating and cooling, heating water, cooking etc.).

skummetmaelk 9y ago
Electrical heating is not used when it can be avoided. It is much better to use waste heat from energy production and industry to heat your home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
  Actually, in Norway most of the heating is done with electricity (they have loads of hydro power).
baybal2 9y ago
I believe, they don't use electricity to heat the house in -20C, and few live in detouched houses.

zip1234 9y ago

Most likely not using electricity for heating/cooling?

pjc50 9y ago

That doesn't quite seem right: http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity... (Interestingly Canada's per capita consumption is comparable to the US despite being much further north)

skummetmaelk 9y ago
I should have edited my post to say just Denmark. Sweden and particularly Norway use much more energy.

Gravityloss 9y ago

If it's 10 cents per kWh, that's only 10 dollars per day or 300 per month. Investing in insulation or other things might or might not make sense. High electricity price for a long future period would also encourage investment. Alternatively, constructing your house in a benign climate, if you do a lifecycle analysis and look at the upkeep cost.