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The vast majority of Norway's power is hydro power with some wind and solar. There's a single coal plant on Svalbard which is about to be shut down, and oil/gas
by mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
The vast majority of Norway's power is hydro power with some wind and solar. There's a single coal plant on Svalbard which is about to be shut down, and oil/gas is used mainly by the oil industry to generate power for their own use on-site. Though this is also being phased out in the future.
- lb1lf 3y ago-Actually, I believe the Svalbard coal power plant was shut down earlier this week; the plant in question now runs diesel generators instead. While not very green, it is slightly better than burning coal.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y agoAh, nice! I knew I remember reading about it in the news just recently, but I guess I misremembered the timing. Shows you how fast information decays I guess.