Today, approximately 140 terawatt-hours of electricity are used per year in Sweden. By 2045, the need may have more than doubled, according to forecasts.
The Center Party is now presenting what they call a strategy to strengthen Sweden's energy supply.
This involves expanding the existing fossil-free production in the form of district heating in the south and hydropower in the north, energy-efficiently phasing out the equivalent of five nuclear reactors by 2030, and expanding the grid for wind and solar power.
We do not rule out new nuclear power, but we need technology-neutral solutions, says the party's energy policy spokesperson Rickard Nordin.
New nuclear power could be in place in 20 years, according to the Center Party, which believes that with a technology-neutral plan, Sweden's electricity supply would increase twice as fast as the government proposes and at a quarter of the cost.
Unfortunately, the government's proposal appears to be an extremely ill-timed economic experiment, says Martin Ådahl, economic policy spokesperson.
The party is also proposing a so-called electricity guarantee system, a kind of effect procurement where flexible sources cover production during the hours of the year when the ordinary electricity system is not sufficient.
