https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/ ... r-in-2024/Sweden installed about 1 GW of solar in 2024, matching 2022 levels after a record 2023.
January 10, 2025 Patrick Jowett
Sweden added around 1 GW of solar in 2024, according to provisional figures from Swedish solar energy association Svensk Solenergi.
The figures are down on Sweden’s record year for solar in 2023, instead returning to a similar level seen in 2022. Last year’s additions are expected to take Sweden’s combined solar capacity to around 5 GW.
Svensk Solenergi said it expects around 470 MW of last year’s additional solar to come from the residential market, which currently accounts for about 60% of the country’s cumulative capacity. The commercial and industrial (C&I) segment accounted for around 400 MW of new solar in 2024, while the utility-scale market is expected to have added upwards of 100 MW.
The association is predicting the residential market share to decrease in the coming years following the Swedish government’s decision to withdraw and decrease existing support schemes, while the utility-scale segment is expected to increase as several projects under development are constructed.
Power purchase agreements (PPAs), which are the most common way to finance utility-sized projects in Sweden, could be a key market driver for the utility-scale segment.
“I would say that maybe 300 MW to 350 MW are already deployed with PPAs and at least 300 MW are under construction and more are planned,” Oskar Öhrman, technical manager at Svensk Solenergi, told pv magazine.
The expansion of Sweden’s energy storage market is also expected to drive future solar investments, Öhrman said. In October 2024, Sweden’s largest battery project to date, totaling 211 MW/211 MWh across 14 sites, came online.
Looking ahead, Öhrman said there is a need for better grid access in Sweden.
“There should be tougher requirements on distribution system operators (DSOs) to use flexibility as a way to release new grid capacity,” he added. “Also the DSOs should be much more transparent on information on grid capacity and also information about their grid connection procedures.”
Öhrman also suggested the removal of a tax on self-consumed electricity for solar plants above 500 kW, which he said “strongly inhibits the deployment on large roofs and constrains many installations to 499 kW”, as another regulatory change that could help the market.
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/arti ... repositorySweden breaks ground for used fuel repository
15 January 2025
Ground work has begun for the construction of a final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark, in Östhammar municipality, radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB announced.
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The construction of the used fuel repository will take ten years before deposition can begin, SKB said, after which the repository will be gradually expanded over a long period of time. Two years of surface work will now begin, including the construction of rock storage and water treatment facilities, a canister bridge over the cooling water canal and forest clearance. After that, rock work will begin down into the bedrock.
In order for SKB to be able to start the tunneling itself, an approved safety report from the Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) is required. SSM will continue the step-by-step examination of the final repository according to the Act on Nuclear Activities.
The permit for the repository applies to radioactive waste from the 12 reactors (six reactors in operation) that are part of the ongoing Swedish nuclear power programme. It does not apply to waste from a possible new nuclear power programme. SKB may deposit approximately 6000 canisters with approximately 12,000 tonnes of nuclear waste at a depth of about 500 metres in the final repository.
The above-ground part of the repository will occupy an area of about 24 hectares (60 acres), whilst once completed, the repository will comprise more than six kilometers of underground tunnels.
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https://www.evwind.es/2025/01/10/wind-p ... ime/103737Wind power overtakes nuclear in Sweden for first time
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Electricity production from wind power hits record high in Sweden in 2024, with wind power overtaking nuclear power for the first time in the last quarter, the Swedish Wind Energy Association (SWEA) said in a statement.
In December, wind power was the largest source of electricity for the first time, ahead of hydro and nuclear power, accounting for 35% of output, with monthly output at record high, SWEA said.
“The December result gives hope. Wind power can account for a large share of the electricity production needed to keep electrification from losing momentum, to enable a climate transition and to achieve Sweden’s climate goals,” it said.
For the whole of last year, wind power accounted for 25% of generation, up from 22% in 2023, after hydro and nuclear power.
Still, the Swedish government in November rejected applications to build 13 offshore wind farms, citing safety concerns in the Baltic Sea. It also removed subsidies for connecting offshore wind projects to Sweden’s power grid.
The government believes Sweden needs to double electricity production over the next two decades to around 300 TWh to meet increased demand and meet climate goals, and plans to develop nuclear power.
“2024 offered normal winds, but thanks to the expansion of wind power, annual production was 40.8 TWh, the highest annual production ever,” SWEA said, citing official data.
A SWEA spokesman said that, assuming similar wind intensities and electricity prices, wind power production should be at least as large in 2025 as in 2024.