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Green electricity insufficient - now Sweden is burning oil to the fullest
Domestic
September 18, 2021
Despite the government's stated environmental profile, the oil-fired Karlshamnsverket is now running like never before. That the electricity shortage is extensive is revealed by the fact that the oil power plant has not had such a high production level since the winter of 2011 and now we are only at the beginning of autumn.
According to Karlshamnsverket's site manager, Henrik Svensson, the southern parts of the country lack planable power production. In addition, he says that it will take several years before the electricity grid is strengthened and new electricity production is in operation. The situation has arisen after the premature shutdown of the nuclear power plants in Ringhals initiated by the Green Party in the government.
Two blocks have been up and running at the oil power plant during the week. Fuel consumption per block is about 70 tonnes of oil per hour at full load (330 MW), according to Helena Waubert de Puiseau , communications manager at Uniper, which owns the Karlshamn plant. A similar level of production has not occurred in ten years. According to Sydöstran , Svensson is also "worried that we have not seen the worst yet".
"Electricity shortage and high prices"
Already in February, the Karlshamnsverket was put on increased alert. Then the reason was stated to be the cold weather. The stated reason this time is more diffuse, "electricity shortages and high prices" list SR as the underlying causes.
When the so-called "green electricity production" and electricity imports are no longer enough, Sweden is forced to start up its power reserve, then the eyes are increasingly turned to the oil-fired Karlshamnsverket. In 2019, Svenska kraftnät extended the agreement with Karlshamnsverket until 2025.
The idea was that the oil power plant should be the absolute last lifeline in the Swedish electricity system, for example during extreme cold in winter. It is now fully utilized already in September.
Insufficient power system
Uniper warns that the margins in the electricity supply in southern Sweden are so small that it risks triggering an acute power shortage in the country, writes DI . This is something the site manager Henrik Svensson also touched on in an interview with SR already in February.
- The margins in the power system have become worse. As the nuclear power reactor Ringhals 1 closed at the turn of the year, the situation has become even worse, he said then.
According to Svensson, the electricity system in southern Sweden does not even live up to the most basic requirements for frequency, voltage and power maintenance, "not to mention preparedness for crisis and war". He says this in an interview on Uniper's website . As support, he refers to a report produced last year by Svenska Kraftnät, together with Uniper and Eon, to the Energy Market Inspectorate.
Carl Apley
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