INSPIRE Geoportal
Hydroelectric power system - utilised catchments
This dataset includes the hydroelectric power system as administered by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate's administration system also deals with dams for purposes other than hydroelectric power production. Regulated lakes affect the watercourses irrespective of purpose, and hence they are also included in our administration systems. The dataset includes all dams and regulated lakes irrespective of purpose. The specification includes both operational and non-operational plants. The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate deals with applications for licences pursuant to the Energy Act and/or watercourses legislation for the construction of hydroelectric power stations and other plants along watercourses. The undeveloped plants include projects dealt with in the watercourse licensing process and the residual potential where no licence has been applied for.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2015-09-11
- Date (Publication)
- 2015-09-11
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-16
- Purpose
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The purpose of this dataset is to provide a complete overview of all parts of the hydroelectric power system, developed and undeveloped hydroelectric power.
- Status
- On going
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
NVE - Seksjon for geomatikk og dataanalyse/IGD
Publisher Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
Håkon Seming Skau
Owner
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Daily
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Energiressurser
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- Nasjonal inndeling i geografiske initiativ og SDI-er
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Inspire
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NSDI data
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Norway Digital
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Geodata Act
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Felles datakatalog
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ØkologiskGrunnkart
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- Theme
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vannkraft
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regulering
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magasin
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vannvei
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delfelt
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- Specific usage
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In spatial planning cases in general, and in particular in connection with impact assessments for new hydroelectric power pursuant to the Planning and Building Act (FOR 2009-06-26 no. 55). An assessment programme assesses various development options against one another must be established in the report.
- User contact info
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Owner
- Use limitation
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No conditions apply
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Åpne data
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Norsk lisens for offentlige data (NLOD)
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- Norwegian
- Topic category
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- Inland waters
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- Supplemental Information
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Nærmere beskrivelse om bruk av data om kraftanlegg i arealplaner finnes på NVEs hjemmesider: \\n https://www.nve.no/flaum-og-skred/arealplanlegging/energianlegg-i-arealplanlegging/?ref=mainmenu
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:25832
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:25833
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:25835
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:3035
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:4258
- Distribution format
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Name Version FGDB
GML
PostGIS
SOSI
FGDB
GML
PostGIS
SOSI
- Units of distribution
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fylkesvis, kommunevis, landsfiler
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name GEONORGE:DOWNLOAD
https://nedlasting.geonorge.no/api/capabilities/
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Domain consistency
Conformance result
- Title
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Title
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inspire
- Date
- Explanation
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The data is not evaluated according to the product specification
Conformance result
- Title
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SOSI-produktspesifikasjon: Vannkraft
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-05-22
- Title
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sosi
- Date
- Explanation
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The data is according to the product specification
- Pass
- Yes
Domain consistency
Conformance result
- Title
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Sosi applikasjonsskjema
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-05-22
- Title
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uml-sosi
- Date
- Explanation
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SOSI files are according to application form
- Pass
- Yes
Conformance result
- Title
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Sosi applikasjonsskjema
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-05-22
- Title
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uml-gml
- Date
- Explanation
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GML files are according to application form
- Pass
- Yes
Completeness omission
- Name of measure
- Prosentvis oppfyllelse av FAIR-prinsipper
- Measure description
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Angir fullstendighet i forhold til krav fra FAIR-prinsippene (The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship)
Quantitative result
- Value
- 98
- Statement
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In the 1980s, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate began to locate all parts of developed hydroelectric power for hydroelectric power stations over 1 MW. In 2006, we also included hydroelectric power stations below 1 MW. From 2008, hydroelectric power undergoing licence processing and hydroelectric power where decisions have been made on licence processing are located and maintained in the administration solution belonging to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Potential hydroelectric power projects were defined by consultants and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate in the Collective Plan for Watercourses project, which began in the 1980s. They came up with different cost classes and priorities. Nowadays, all new projects above 10 MW or 50 GWh are clarified administratively at the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate in relation to the Collective Plan so that their licences can be processed. This residual potential where no licence application has been submitted covers a small percentage of the hydroelectric power potential. The projects from the Collective Plan for Watercourses that have not been developed or where no licence application has been submitted is defined in the administration solution of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate as the residual potential and has **konsesjonsStatus = Rest**. Dams require licensing procedures regardless of purpose, but depending on consequences. From 2014, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate has also registered lakes which are regulated irrespective of purpose.
Metadata
- File identifier
- f587a15a-c72a-4b21-aae9-4132df1bdd27 XML
- Metadata language
- Norwegian
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-16
- Metadata standard name
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ISO19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
NVE - Seksjon for geomatikk og dataanalyse/IGD
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding English UTF8
