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Norway (NO2) electricity today: carbon and price, hour by hour

Electricity generated in south-west Norway (NO2) is running at about 24 g CO2e/kWh, 8% lower than at the same hour yesterday, and the day-ahead price for this hour is €127/MWh. The best four hours to run flexible compute in the next two days are Tue 13 Oct, 23:00–03:00 local time, with 23% cheaper power than the average of the hours ahead.

Latest hour

Carbon intensity, g CO2e/kWh
24
yesterday 26
Day-ahead price, €/MWh
127.4
Renewable share of generation, %
99
Fossil 0%
Cleanest-grid rank among the 15 markets tracked
1st
of 15

Updated 13 Oct 2026, 04:20 CEST. Refreshed every 10 minutes.

Cite as: ScienceShot Live Grid, Norway (NO2), 13 Oct 2026, 04:20 CEST, scienceshot.com/live-grid/norway.

The next 48 hours

Each bar is an hour (Central European time). Height is the day-ahead price, colour is carbon intensity, and the outlined block is the best four-hour window still ahead.

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Hour by hour

From the current hour to the end of the horizon, in local time. The shaded rows are the best four hours for flexible compute.

Carbon intensity and day-ahead price by hour, CEST.
Hour startingCarbon, g/kWhBasisDay-ahead, €/MWh
Tuesday 13 October
04:00 now24forecast127.4
05:0024forecast129.5
06:0024forecast146.1
07:0024forecast154.6
08:0024forecast165.2
09:0024forecast160.9
10:0024forecast148.8
11:0024forecast138.7
12:0024forecast126.4
13:0024forecast118.9
14:0024forecast113.6
15:0024forecast123.3
16:0024forecast130.9
17:0024forecast143.8
18:0024forecast156.1
19:0024forecast155.7
20:0024forecast141.4
21:0024forecast130.1
22:0024forecast121.2
23:00 best 4 h24forecast105.1
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Against the other markets

Where south-west Norway (NO2) sits in the latest hour.

Latest hour, cleanest first.
#MarketCarbon, g/kWhDay-ahead, €/MWhRenew­ables, %
1Norway (NO2)24127.499
2Switzerland37187.837
3Sweden (SE3)4794.526
4France52136.017
5Finland6152.670
6Belgium73151.990
7Great Britain78124.169
8Denmark (DK1)133134.592
9Austria224178.159
10Spain227196.323
11Italy (North)383199.320
12Ireland441110.320
13Germany454155.045
14Netherlands465154.623
15Poland687148.715

About this market

Grid operator

Statnett.

Bidding zone

Norway has five bidding areas; NO2 is the south-west area. Figures here are for NO2 only.

Generation in 2025

Largest sources: hydro 90.0%, wind 8.4% (gas 0.6%) (all of Norway, not NO2 only).

Data-centre rule

Since 1 January 2025 commercial data centres, and enterprise ones above 0.5 MW, must register with the regulator Nkom. It is a registration and security rule, not an energy rule.

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Notes

  • Carbon intensity is estimated from each market’s generation by fuel. Forward hours follow the renewables forecast.
  • Prices are day-ahead wholesale, not what a site pays.
  • “Delayed” marks a series that missed its last refresh.

Data: Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE) and national system operators.

ScienceShot dataset, checked 13 Oct 2026. How we build it: Method and standards.