- Not getting the amount of electricity we need is not an option. If we do not achieve this, we will not be able to adapt to the climate change that we only have to do to reach the emission targets until 2045 onwards, says Jan-Olof Jacke, CEO of Swedish Enterprise.
According to new calculations from Swedish Enterprise, the need for electricity will increase by 60 percent in 25 years - from today's electricity use of 126 twh to 200 twh in 2045.
"A careful forecast"Swedish Enterprise still does not want to determine what measures are required, but according to their analysis, the increased demand corresponds to the electricity generation from 14,400 wind turbines or eleven new nuclear power reactors with power as Ringhals 1.
- We have done deep analyzes of the forecasts that have been made, we have our own industries' roadmaps towards a fossil-free 2045 and we think this is something rather a rather cautious forecast for the future, says Jan-Olof Jacke.
"Predictions strongly push over"Minister of Energy and Digitization Anders Ygeman (S) says it is difficult to predict the needs of the future.
- We know from history that most predictions, they greatly exaggerate when it comes to energy needs. For the past 40 years, we have had forecasts that have pointed to a much greater energy demand than we have now, he says.