Crunch Time For Sweden’s Grid as Nuclear Repairs Set to Start
- Power network manager to curb exports to ensure stability
- Restricted flows trigger higher prices in nation’s south
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The traditional repair season for Sweden’s reactors will be anything but normal this summer as the grid manager is forced to take unprecedented measures to keep the lights on.
What used to be routine during the summer is getting more problematic for Svenska Kraftnat. After utilities from Vattenfall AB to EON SE permanently shuttered half of the nation’s reactors in the past 20 years, there is just not enough spare capacity left in the south for several big units to go offline at the same time without also restricting power flows.