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Sweden adopts ‘100% fossil-free’ energy target, easing way for nuclear

www.euractiv.com Sweden adopts '100% fossil-free' energy target, easing way for nuclear

Sweden's parliament on Tuesday (20 June) adopted a new energy target, giving the right-wing government the green light to push forward with plans to build new nuclear plants in a country that voted 40 years ago to phase out atomic power.

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Sweden adopts ‘100% fossil-free’ energy target, easing way for nuclear

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  • Nuclear and renewables together is where it is at. Anything less means more gas burned.

    • It is unfortunate how deep anti nuclear sentiment goes with many people. Modern and future reactors are so different from old designs

      • Even the old designs aren't that bad all things considered. Even including all exclusion zones, nuclear probably still uses the least amount of land per TWh per year...

        Note on data:

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        Based on real-world data, except for CSP which uses expected data of existing sites. Only electricity production and not direct use of biofuels. Dedicated biomass includes only woody biomass from willow, poplar, and spruce trees. Residue biomass refers to using a coal plant to burn extant biomass, requiring no feedstock land use but using more space than coal plants because biomass is less efficient. American nuclear power plants use more space than most countries because of less reactors per plant. Factors in nuclear exclusion zones (area divided by total historical power generation) even though partially inhabited. Includes fuel production as "indirect land use", part of "total land use". Excludes run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects. "Spacing" includes space in between wind turbines and fossil gas well pads even if empty of any infrastructure. Excludes land needed to mine materials or other upstream land use, land needed for energy transmission, and offshore area impacts and underground impacts.

      • Olkiluoto-3 Started construction in 2005, was supposed to be in service by 2009. It entered service this past year, somewhere around €7B over budget. It would have been more but for specific liability clauses in the contracts.

        Flammanville-3 started construction in 2007, was supposed to be in service by 2012. Currently, they're predicting that it might come online in 2024. Initial estimate of €3,3B has bloated to €20B, for only a single 1660MW EPR.

        Hinckley Point C is already £10B over budget and years late, currently estimate in-service date is 2027.

        It's no different in North America, with V.C Summer 2&3 project being cancelled while under construction, when the budget bloated from $9B to $23B. Vogtle 3&4 went from $12B initially to $14B, then to somewhere around $30B.

        Nuke supporters love the "Green" strawman. The reality is the utilities wouldn't touch one with a ten ft pole if they have any alternatives at all, and it's strictly due to the economics.

        Sweden has a solid base of existing nukes and hydro. The buildout of wind/solar even geothermal would be far faster and cheaper than additional nukes.

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