Energy Crunch Turns Sweden Into Europe’s Biggest Power Exporter
- Previous No. 1 France becomes net importer amid nuclear woes
- UK, Spain and Netherlands became net power exporters last year
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Europe’s energy crisis upended power trading last year, driving Sweden to become the region’s top exporter after extensive outages in France’s nuclear reactor fleet.
Sweden sent 33 terawatt-hours to other nations in 2022, making it the No. 1 exporter for the first time, according to Entso-E data analyzed by Rystad Energy AS. The UK flipped to being a net power exporter for the first time, and was joined by Spain and the Netherlands.