Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

This report provides a brief summary of the technological status of solar thermal technology in Norway.

The report discusses if the use of energy for heating purposes will be possible for Norway in the near future. The utilisation of solar energy to supplement the energy supply has a relatively small distribution in Norway, compared to other Nordic countries such as Denmark and Sweden.

This report was from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Annual Meeting in October, 2009. The report is broken down to cover state incentives & policy trends, solar installation trends, net metering & interconnection updates & trends, and workforce development and training.

This report from 2005 provides information on how the government in Norway is boosting the use of renewable energy sources, solar heating and cooling particularly.