However the rugged terrain, the fjords and the usually short distance between the ice sheet and fjords means there are many short small rivers, meaning benefit per power plant is smaller.

This means that costs are high and therefore there was a lot of hesitation on replacing oil fired power plants with hydropower.

Rising oil prices supported decision to build more hydro power plants.

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