Electricity Year 2010

Summary over Sweden´s statistics and facts in the field of electricity during the year 2010. The report also presents the year in review.

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The electricity year 2010 was a dramatic one. Sweden’s electricity consumption increased by 6.3% and both the Nordic region and Sweden were net importers – in Sweden’s case with a net inflow of 2.1 TWh.

Annual nuclear power output reached nearly 56 TWh, compared to 75 TWh in the record year 2004. A combination of stronger demand and lower production pushed up spot prices on Nord Pool Spot to an all-time high in the winter, and for one hour the cost of electricity spiked at SEK 14 per KWh.

The electricity year 2010 was marked by several important and urgent issues. In June the Swedish parliament passed a historic decision on the future of nuclear power that will make it possible to replace Sweden’s ten existing reactors with new nuclear capacity.