Definition
Onshore wind power is electricity produced by wind turbines mounted on land. In Norway, licensing is regulated by NVENorway's Directorate of Water Resources and Energy - regulates the electricity and water resources sectors., and new installations require municipal approval and environmental impact assessment. Following the political controversy around NVE's national framework plan (withdrawn 2019), licences are now processed more locally. Wind power is a variable (intermittent) energy source - production depends on wind conditions and cannot be regulated like hydropowerElectricity produced from the potential energy of falling water - Norway's dominant energy source (~90% of production) with a unique ability to ramp up and down quickly.. Large wind farms connect to the transmission or regional grid and are registered as metering points in ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market. with their own GSRNGlobal Service Relation Number - the unique 18-digit identifier for each metering point in Elhub, based on the GS1 standard. number. Production data is reported as hourly values through the AMSAdvanced Metering and Control System - the digital electricity meter Norwegian households received from 2019, reporting consumption hourly to Elhub./MDMMeter Data Management - system for collection, storage, quality assurance and distribution of metering data from the electricity grid. chain and is settled as ordinary generation. In the Nordics, Sweden and Denmark have significantly larger shares of onshore wind than Norway - both countries have metering and data reporting requirements equivalent to Elhub. Wind power variability increases the need for power forecasting, flexibilityAbility to change power consumption or production in response to price signals or system operator needs. resources and robust MDM solutions.