Published August 20, 2021 at 11:37 AM
Domestic. Since the reactors in Barsebäck were shut down, Skåne's electricity demand is approximately four times greater than the regional production. Now companies are leaving the region and moving abroad.
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To avoid power outages, Skåne is now forced to import electricity from Denmark and Germany.
Skåne's electricity will actually come from Norrland, but investments in fossil-free steel, new battery factories and huge server halls have meant that electricity is needed up there & ndash; to these more or less politically driven projects.
Local media are now beginning to worry about electricity shortages throughout Skåne.
“If southern Sweden is to survive without the northern lifeline, electricity production needs to be spread more evenly “Wind and solar power in the south need to be supplemented with other fossil-free types of power. Sweden needs a broad pool of power to secure the electricity supply”, writes Ystads Allehanda in an editorial.
that companies may be forced to leave Sweden.
– I know several companies that have chosen to move from Sweden where electricity has been a decisive factor. They have experienced that there is too much uncertainty about the price levels but also about the supply. We must overcome this. We have companies here that have several power outages a year in their production, says Per Tryding at the South Swedish Chamber of Commerce to Tidningen Näringslivet.