- Sweden uses 145 Twh (terawatt hours) of electricity and produces a total of 170 Twh. The rest we export to Finland, among other things, which fits well as our neighboring country has built a nuclear power plant that is so far twice as expensive and takes twice as long to build, says Ola Carlson.
Ola Carlson, assistant professor of renewable electric power generation, sees no problems with decommissioning the nuclear power plants, as the amount of electricity produced by wind and hydroelectric power plants together fills the voids after Ringhals 1 and 2 and Barsebäck.
- If you also look at the energy agency's strategic work with different scenarios, these contain a lot of wind power and no nuclear power after 2045. That makes sense, says Ola Carlson.
Calls for better control of electricity
The Prime Minister is also right that the capacity for transmission of electricity needs to be improved. In addition to expanding the capacity of the electricity grids, electricity consumers must also become better at using electricity more efficiently by having better control of the electricity, says Ola Carlson.
- Today, the electricity consumer can do exactly what he wants and then the electricity producer will produce exactly what the consumer wants at the moment. It should be a better interaction. We do not need to have power lines that have capacity for all days. Then they go at half speed for most and full speed a few days a year, says Ola Carlson.
Kristersson: "Lack of adequate access"During the debate, M-leader Ulf Kristersson said that the big issue in Sweden is that we have a shortage of electricity, and that it is affecting companies that are trying to establish, expand or make climate investments. Something that, according to Ola Carlson, is not correct.
In a written response to SVT News, Ulf Kristersson maintains that companies are limited by a shortage of electricity where they operate. Earlier, however, he claimed that it was because "there is no electricity so it is enough", while he now writes that there is insufficient access to electricity:
“It is quite obvious that there is currently insufficient access to electricity in parts of Sweden. Companies, not least in southern Sweden, have been prevented from investing because there is not enough electricity where they operate. This is partly because it is not possible to transfer enough electricity from producer to consumer. But it is also because local electricity generation now closes for the government to increase the tax on cogeneration. The closure of Ringhals 1 and 2 after Barsebäck will also further impair access to electricity. "