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21 November 2017 11:30

New area definitions NO1-NO5 from 28 August 2017

Nord Pool has received the following information from Statnett: 

Changes to the area definitions of NO3 and NO5. 

Change is that 132 kVline Mel-Grindsdalen replaces 132 kV Mel-Sogndal.   This change affects both NO3 and NO5.

Also, 420 kV Namsos-Tunnsjødal replaces 300 kV Namsos-Tunnsjødal which changes the areadefinition of NO3.

From 15 March 2010, Norway has been divided into five bidding areas. The current area definition is valid as of 28 August 2017:

  • NO2, a south-western Norway bidding area limited by the 420 kV line Rød-Hasle, the 420 kV line Rjukan-Sylling, the 300 kV line Vemork-Flesaker, the 300 kV line Tokke-Flesaker, the 300 kV line Hof-Flesaker, the 132 kV line Grønnvollfoss-Skollenborg, the 132 kV line Hof-Skollenborg and the 300 kV line Blåfalli-Mauranger, where the first node of each line is located in the south-western area (NO2).
  • NO5, a western Norway bidding area limited by the 420 kV line Sogndal-Høyanger, the 132 kV line Grindsdalen-Mel, the 300 kV line Mauranger-Blåfalli, the 420 kV line Dagali-Ringerike, the 420 kV line Nore 1-Sylling, the 420 kV line Usta-Ådal, the 300 kV line Nes-Sogn, the 300 kV line Hemsil 2 – Sogn and the 132 kV line Flå-Sandum, where the first node of each line is located in the western area (NO5).
  • NO1, a south-eastern Norway bidding area limited by the 420 kV line Rød-Hasle, the 420 kV line Rjukan-Sylling, the 300 kV line Vemork-Flesaker, the 300 kV line Tokke-Flesaker, the 300 kV line Hof-Flesaker the 132 kV line Grønnvollfoss-Skollenborg, the 132 kV line Hof-Skollenborg, the 420 kV line Dagali-Ringerike, the 420 kV line Nore 1-Sylling, the 420 kV line Usta-Ådal, the 300 kV line Nes-Sogn, the 300 kV line Hemsil 2-Sogn, the 132 kV line Flå-Sandum, the 300 kV line Vågåmo-Ø.Vinstra and the 132 kV line Ulset-Savalen, where the second node of each line is located in the south-eastern area (NO1). 
  • NO3, a middle Norway bidding area (NO3) limited by the 300 kV line Vågåmo-Øvre Vinstra, the 132 kV line Ulset-Savalen, the 420 kV line Høyanger-Sogndal, the 132 kV line Mel-Grindsdalen, the 300 kV line Verdal-Tunnsjødal and the 420 kV line Namsos-Tunnsjødal, where the first node of each line is located in the area middle Norway (NO3).
  • NO4, a northern Norway bidding area, north of NO3.

An updated version of the document ‘Principles for determining the transfer capacities in the Nordic power market’ will be published on Nord Pool and entso-e websites in week 48/2017.

For further information, please contact
Statnett, Idar Gimmestad


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