Majority of electricity production in Sweden relies on hydro power and nuclear power. In 2008 the consumption of electricity in Sweden was 16018 kWh per capita, compared to EU average 7409 kWh per capita.[1] Sweden has a national grid, which is part of the Synchronous grid of Northern Europe. A specialty of the Nordic energy market is the existence of so-called electricity price areas, which complicate the wholesale Nordic energy market.
The electricity supply and consumption were about equal in 2006–2009: 124–146 TWh/year (14–17 GW). In 2009 the electricity supply included hydro power 65 TWh (53%), nuclear power 50 TWh (40%) and net import 5 TWh (3%). The Swedish use of electricity declined by 14% in 2009. Potential factors may include recession and the forest- and automobile-industry changes.
The industrial structural changes may have long-term influence in the electricity sector in Sweden. For example, Stora Enso has moved some pulp and paper production from Scandinavia to Brazil and China. The net energy change of investments depends on energy choices in Brazil and China.
| Electricity in Sweden (TWh)[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Use | Produce | Import* | Hydro | Nuclear | Wind | Other* |
| 1980 | 94.5 | 94.0 | 0.5 | 58.0 | 25.3 | n.a. | 10.7 |
| 1990 | 139.9 | 141.7 | −1.8 | 71.4 | 65.2 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 1995 | 142.4 | 144.1 | −1.7 | 67.2 | 67.0 | 0.1 | 9.8 |
| 2000 | 146.6 | 142.0 | 4.7 | 77.8 | 54.8 | 0.5 | 8.9 |
| 2005 | 147.1 | 154.5 | −7.4 | 71.9 | 69.5 | 0.9 | 12.2 |
| 2006 | 146.4 | 140.3 | 6.1 | 61.2 | 65.0 | 1.0 | 13.1 |
| 2007 | 146.4 | 145.1 | 1.3 | 65.7 | 64.3 | 1.4 | 13.6 |
| 2008 | 144.2 | 146.2 | −2.0 | 68.8 | 61.3 | 2.0 | 14.1 |
| 2009 | 138.2 | 133.5 | 4.7 | 65.1 | 50.0 | 2.5 | 15.9 |
| 2010 | 147.0 | 145.0 | 2.1 | 66.7 | 55.6 | 3.5 | 19.1 |
| 2011 | 140.3 | 147.6 | −7.2 | 66.6 | 58.0 | 6.1 | 16.8 |
| 2012 | 142.9 | 162.5 | −19.6 | 78.4 | 61.4 | 7.2 | 15.5 |
| 2013 | 139.3 | 149.2 | −10.0 | 60.9 | 63.6 | 9.8 | 14.8 |
| 2014 | 134.4 | 150.0 | −15.6 | 63.3 | 62.2 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
| 2015 | 136.3 | 158.9 | −22.6 | 74.8 | 54.3 | 16.3 | 13.5 |
| 2016 | 140.6 | 152.3 | −11.7 | 61.7 | 60.5 | 15.5 | 14.6 |
| 2017 | 141.2 | 160.2 | −19.0 | 64.6 | 63.0 | 17.6 | 15.0 |
| 2018[3] | 141 | 158 | −17 | 61 | 66 | 17 | 15 |
| 2019[4] | 138.3 | 164.4 | −26.2 | 64.6 | 64.3 | 19.9 | 15.6 |
| 2020[5] | 134.7 | 159.7 | −25.0 | 71.2 | 47.3 | 27.6 | 13.6 |
| 2021[5] | 139.9 | 165.5 | −25.6 | 70.6 | 51.0 | 27.4 | 16.6 |
| * Other = production without hydro, nuclear, wind; Import = import minus export | |||||||
- ^ i siffror 2009 Archived 16 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Energimyndigheten Sweden, Table 25: Specific electricity production per inhabitant with breakdown by power source, 2008, kWh/person.
- ^ "Energy in Sweden Facts and Figures 2019" (XLSX). www.energimyndigheten.se. Eskilstuna: SwedishEnergy Agency (Statens energimyndighet). 14 February 2019. sheet 6.2. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Så påverkades elproduktionen av den varma sommaren 2018
- ^ 2019 rekordår för svensk elproduktion
- ^ a b Fortsatt hög elproduktion och elexport under 2021