The few ongoing constructions of new nuclear power in Europe is drawn with the well-known delays and fördyrningar. In Finland is expected a nuclear plant to start delivering electricity next year, eleven years after the planned start of operations and three times over budget. In France, the reactor would have been put into operation in 2013, has been delayed again after the discovery of flaws in the welding. In the Uk the planned projects had been abandoned because they could not be financed, and for the only remaining project is estimated to cost 260 billion when completed in 2025 – have the british state had to guarantee the 118 the penny per kilowatt-hour for the first 35 years.
This can be compared with the development of wind power, which is now being built out at a rate that corresponds to half a nuclear reactor on the year. Just then energiöverenskommelsen concluded in 2016, it has taken decisions on investments in wind power that can produce twice as much electricity as the nuclear power plant 1 and 2.
the Swedish energy agency estimates that production costs for new wind power in 2020 is around 36 öre/kWh, which is 16 per cent lower than in 2016. The cost reduction is mainly due to increasingly larger and more efficient turbines, a development which looks set to continue.
It is possible, even if it seems improbable, that the conditions for new nuclear power change, so that it can compete with renewable electricity. It is in this case fully permitted by energiöverenskommelsen to build new nuclear reactors, as long as it can be done without government subsidies.
Dilots reasoning to a completely renewable electricity system would be more expensive than new nuclear builds, as professor Lennart Söder at KTH previously shown, on a misinterpretation of a report from Sweco. When the right things are compared with each other to become the renewable electricity system is clearly cheaper.
this makes It extra important to focus on the sources of energy that have the best market conditions to be built out, at the same time that we secure the security of supply with modern technology and new business models.
By including increased opportunities for market participants to provide flexible services, new solutions to control and monitor the power system and make trade more efficient, we can handle the shift. And already today it is possible, for example, for wind power to contribute to a more stable electrical system with both voltage and frequency control.
With a high rate of vindkraftsutbyggnaden we create margins in our electrical systems, and allows for a climate-smart transformation of the industry and the transport sector. Through increased electricity exports, we get immediate and large reductions in emissions from coal-fired power stations in our neighbouring countries. By 2030, emissions may decrease by the equivalent of half of Sweden’s current emissions. If Sweden wants to live up to their high climate ambition is the way forward given.
