Sweden greenlights two offshore windpower farms
by AFP Employees Writers
Stockholm (AFP) Might 16, 2023
Sweden’s authorities on Tuesday mentioned it accredited two offshore wind energy farms off the nation’s west coast, totalling some 100 generators, whereas stressing that it was not abandoning nuclear energy.
The 2 farms are anticipated to contribute up 6.5 terawatt-hours when accomplished, which the federal government mentioned is anticipated to take seven to 10 years.
Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall was given a allow for the “Kattegatt Syd” park with 80 generators deliberate and renewable power firm OX2 was given a allow for the “Galene” park with 21 generators.
“These two parks at sea, are roughly equal to 1 normal-sized nuclear energy plant,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson advised a press convention.
On the similar time, Kristersson harassed that nuclear energy was a part of the federal government’s technique to broaden Sweden’s manufacturing of “fossil-free power” and famous that parliament was about to alter its aim of one hundred pc “renewable” power to one hundred pc “fossil-free” power.
“For the primary time in 43 years, nuclear energy will likely be a part of Swedish power coverage in the long run,” Kristersson mentioned.
The Scandinavian nation voted in a 1980 non-binding referendum to section out nuclear energy.
Since then, Sweden has shut down six of its 12 reactors and the remaining ones, at three nuclear energy vegetation, generate about 30 % of the electrical energy used within the nation right now.
However Sweden has struggled to search out viable various power sources to switch its nuclear energy, with renewable energies not but in a position to totally meet its wants.
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