Sankey Diagrams » Norway http://www.sankey-diagrams.com A Sankey diagram says more than 1000 pie charts Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:03:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Energy Flow in Norway Municipality http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/energy-flow-in-norway-municipality/ http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/energy-flow-in-norway-municipality/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:38:08 +0000 phineas http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/?p=90 ENOVA is a public enterprise owned by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. It advises the ministry in questions relating to energy efficiency and new renewable energy.

One of their services is the practical development of energy and climate plans (Kommunal energi- og klimaplanlegging) for Norwegian municipalities. On their website they present a sample Sankey diagram to visualize energy flows.

Sample of an Energy Flow Diagam taken from the energy and climate plan of the Stor-Elvdal municipality in Norway. (Source: Energi- og klimaplanlegging i kommunen – en veiledning i prosessen. ENOVA 2008)

The Sankey diagram shows the energy flows in the Stor-Elvdal municipality in GWh (probably per year, a year is not given). This is very interesting, as the municipality can cover almost all of its energy for industry and private households from renewable energy sources, such as biomass and wind. Energy from fossil sources is consumed through almost entirely transportation. Stor-Elvdal produces 47.5 GWh within the municipality, and imports another 35,8 GWh from wind from outside the municipality.

A small typo can be found in label on the the orange flow (saying 85,8 where it should read 95,8), but this doesn’t spoil the overall quality of this diagram painted with SDraw, I guess.

Download the publication (in Norwegian) as PDF file

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