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EU energy union gathers steam

A final vote won't be taken until Thursday, but all indications are that a hotly contested government proposal for Norway to join a new...

Sparks fly over the EU energy union

Debate over whether Norway should join the EU's new energy union, and thus subject itself to EU market regulation, was reaching fever pitch this...

Government saves a scenic waterway

Advocates of the environment and great outdoors could finally celebrate a victory over the Norwegian government on Monday, when Prime Minister Erna Solberg and...

Biofuel may backfire as a budget bluff

Plans by the Norwegian government to mandate usage of much more biofuel, as another so-called "green" measure that helped secure last year's state budget compromise,...

Mixed reaction to Statkraft privatization

A proposal to sell off some of the state's stock in the now wholly state-owned electricity producer Statkraft has received a mixed reaction from...

IEA urges higher electricity rates

If there's one thing that's relatively reasonably priced in Norway, it's electricity, but international experts think electricity rates could and should double within the next 15 years....

Single households assert themselves

More than half of all households in Oslo are now made up of just one person living alone, according to state statistics SSB. Singles...

Reaction mixed to huge windmill plan

Both praise and objections were blowing around Norwegian plans announced on Tuesday to go ahead with what's billed as the largest land-based windmill project...

Oslo Stock Exchange defies oil price dive

Despite the economic turbulence in Norway that's been fueled by the dive in oil prices, the Oslo Stock Exchange could report an overall increase...

‘Green growth’ predicted for 2016

Researchers think 2016 will be the year that mainland-based businesses and services in Norway will start growing again, with renewable energy ventures finally showing some...
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