[New post] Production, Import and Export X – Norway
AnRep3D posted: " This is the final post for the series on production, import and export of energy in European countries. Norway is not part of the EU, but really interesting when looking at energy! Photo by Vardan Sevan on Pixabay Perhaps there is no need to tell "
This is the final post for the series on production, import and export of energy in European countries. Norway is not part of the EU, but really interesting when looking at energy!
What do we see? Very tall and deep buildings, being extremely narrow at the same time – a bit like the flatiron building. What does it mean? We know the height of the building is the energy production, so Norway produces a lot of energy. Detailed information can be found at the website of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
If you open the real 3D-graph in your web browser, it can be manipulated easily. The image can be zoomed in and out, translated and tilted or pivoted. It has toe be zoomed out (or you have to step back, just as you like) to see the whole 3D-graph with all countries. To do sp, just hold the right mouse button and scroll up or down. Tilting or rotatingis done by holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse in a direction. Double clicking somewhere in the graph will change the viewpoint! If things get confusing, refresh the page and try again.
Norway became a major oil (and natural gas) producing country about fifty years ago. It produces much more than it needs for itself, so the country became a net exporter. Looking at the 3D-graph, we see that import hardly exists, because the buildings are very narrow. It makes sense, because why should they import if everything is available? Clean hydro energy for local use and a huge amount of oil and gas for the export. Although the high amount of hydro-energy is impressive when looking at the Total Final Consumption for the country itself, the green roofs are thin because the production is mainly fossil fuels.
In the end the country is very different from the others. Ignoring all details the conclusion could be that Norway is selling oil and gas, with the Netherlands buying, reselling and distributing it, because these two countries are really deviant. In reality things are much more complex, because Russian gas is coming in for Europe and also oil from e.g. Nigeria (light sweet oil). Then, we could compare the 2019 export of Norway (the depth of the buildings) with the (net) import 2019 of the others, so width minus depth. The conclusion is that Norway could cover for the net import of the UK and France taken together, but it's not enough for Germany. It would be more than sufficient for either Italy or Spain, but not for both of them. The total net import of the other countries shown in the 3D-graph is about 777 Mega tonne of oil equivalent (Mtoe). Norway's export is only 171 Mtoe or 22% of the net import of the others. We can also see that the export peaked around 2009. In 2019 it was lower again and Norway is planning to reduce its carbon footprint anyway – internally and externally.
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