90% of all electricity in Norway comes from rain and snow. That makes Norway Europe's biggest producer of hydropower, and number six in the world. Norway also has half of Europe’s reservoir storage capacity. All of which is important for people far beyond the country’s borders. For many years, Norway has had more energy than it could use, and policy has been to sell the surplus to its neighbours. When the system works as it was designed – it’s BEAUTIFUL! And why shouldn’t it work properly – after all, it all depends on just one simple, natural mechanism: that it keeps on RAINING! However – Norway has just had its driest 12 months in 26 years. Is Norway about to shut down its energy sharing? Just when Europe needs help to keep the lights and heating on during the toughest winter in decades?
EPISODE PHOTO
Sarp Waterfall during the spring melt, 2014, Sarpsborg
Photo: Thomas M. Hansen. Commons licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
THANKS
to actor Solveig M. Boyle for vocal contribution
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