Electricity sector in Sweden

For example, Stora Enso has moved some pulp and paper production from Scandinavia to Brazil and China.

As of November 2021, Swedish authorities have not published "Electricity production by power source in different countries" after the year 2019.

Swedish nuclear power is owned by the state company Vattenfall, Finnish Fortum and German E.ON.

[8] Swedish people voted for phase-out of nuclear power plants on 23 March 1980.

Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant reactors 3 and 4 are expected to remain in service until the 2040s.

[8] The import of uranium by Vattenfall has been criticized in the Swedish media and the Parliament e.g. on 23 March 2010.

[11] [6] At the end of 2010 installed wind capacity met 3.2% of Swedish and 5.3% of the EU’s electricity needs.

According to the Swedish National Action Plan (2010) the electricity use will be 156 TWh in 2020 giving 7% rise from the period 2000–2009 average (12.5TWh wind power is 8% of total = 12.5/0.08=156TWh)[12] A very large amount of the electricity is produced by Hydroelectric power plants.

[15] The Swedish energy data reported e.g. in 2008 often combine peat with biofuels instead of hard coal.

[19] According to the Swedish statistics review the peat harvesting destructs the vegetation including all original plants and animal life.

Radioactive substances exist naturally in the peat and are released during combustion and are found in the heavy metals in the ashes.

[22] Nord Pool Spot is the power market for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Most of the consumption is in the South (SE3 & SE4) while the production takes place in the North (SE1 & SE2), mainly generated by hydro plants.

[24] There is power transmission through HVDC to Poland via the SwePol-link, to Lithuania using the NordBalt-link, to Germany via the Baltic Cable, the Fenno–Skan to Finland and a connection to Denmark by the Konti-Skan-line.

Sweden imported 8–10 TWh hydro power from Norway in 2006–2009 and exported some electricity back.

Historical electricity production in Sweden by source
Sweden is subdivided into four price areas: Malmö (SE4), Stockholm (SE3), Sundsvall (SE2) and Luleå (SE1) (as of winter 2015).