The export of electricity from northern to southern Sweden may decrease in the future, according to the Norrbotten Region. But Svenska Kraftnät sees no risk that there will not be enough electricity to deliver from north to south.
– No, we see no such risk. There will be so many production additions in the area and therefore I believe that an increased capacity will be required from north to south. A lot of electricity will continue to be transported south, says Tobias Edfast, head of grid development at the authority Svenska Kraftnät, to Ekot.
According to a new report from the Norrbotten Region, the need for electricity will increase sharply in the coming years, primarily due to new industrial investments.
Thus, the electricity surplus that is now in the north will decrease sharply and this in turn can mean that less electricity can be exported to the south, says regional councilor Nils-Olov Lindfors, Center Party.
– More of the electricity production we have will be used by businesses here in northern Sweden, he says to Ekot.
At the same time planning Svenska Kraftnät is making a major investment in improving the transmission of electricity from northern to southern Sweden, something that is needed, according to the authority. Major investments will be made in the next 20 years.
Svenska Kraftnät will now review the new report from Norrbotten, but Tobias Edfast, head of grid development, says that there is still a need to improve electricity transmission from north to south and the report does not affect these investments.
– The strengthening of north to south fills many different needs. We need to renew our existing networks, among other things. But we must also increase the transmission capacity to the south, because we see that large parts of the time there will still be a large surplus of electricity up north, says Edfast to Ekot.
One of the reasons In addition, electricity production is also expected to increase in the north in the coming years.
– If you look at the forecasts that exist, among other things, for renewables, we still see a great need for export capacity down south, he says.
Source: ICELAND NEWS