The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate ( no, Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat or NVE) is a

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established in 1921. It is under the

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and regulates the country's

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and

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. Its mandate includes

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ning for

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s, serving as a centre of expertise for

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, and increasing

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. It is a member of the

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. The directorate is based in

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, and has regional offices in

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Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Førd ...

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

and Narvik. It also establishes international contacts and undertakes work abroad in

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for the

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. , it has over 400 employees. Its website includes statistics on Norwegian energy consumption, production and prices and a

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of Norwegian

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s and

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s. The directorate holds administrative responsibility for the Watercourse Regulation Act (1917), Industrial Concession Act (1917), Energy Act (1990) and Water Resources Act (2000). Within the scope of these acts, the directorate can also issue new regulations.

References

Presentation of NVE - Brochure
accessed 2 April 2006.

External links

NVE homepage
accessed 2 April 2006
This is NVE
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