Europe’s Thirst for Electricity Spurs Nordic Grid Blockade

  • Sweden’s old grids cannot handle new flows to Germany, U.K.
  • Norway has retaliated by cutting export capacity to Sweden

An electricity transmission pylon in Danderyd, Sweden.

Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg
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A spat over electricity supplies is heating up in northern Europe.