Sweden’s parliament has voted to change its 100% renewable target to a 100% fossil-free target, leaving the door open for nuclear.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t think any of these statements are true, in particular the “failure” and import needs you mention. Sweden has been a net exporter for most of the past years and 2022 they exported most energy of everyone in the EU: Sweden remains Europe’s largest net power exporter.

    And the current Swedish government are absolutely talking about new reactors:

    Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) and the Minister for Civil Defence, Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), promise that new nuclear power will begin to be built in Sweden before 2026.

    Source: Ministrar: Påbörjar ny kärnkraft före 2026.

    They also seem to be abandoning their previously communicated plans of opening old ones:

    The Tidö agreement promises an investigation to review the possibilities for restarting the Ringhals 1 and 2 reactors.

    But an internal memorandum written by SD’s top official in the steering group for Vattenfall testifies that KD refuses.

    SD can drop the demand to restart one reactor - the party leadership is now being asked to act to save the other.

    Source: Tidö-partier i strid om Ringhals – Ebba Busch vägrar återstart (KD and Busch hold the Minister of Energy, Business, and Industry position)