Re: Barseback power replaced by Russian & Polish coal

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

We occasionally imported Russian RBMK electricity already before Barseback 1 
was shut down (last day of Nov. 1999). After the shutdown, Sweden shifted 
directly from export to import of electricity. We are thus more vulnerable 
now at peak electricity demands (some other important reserve capacity has 
also been shut down). The Norwegians bought cheap coal fired electricity 
during X-mas - which perhaps didn't make sense at first since they have a 
lot of hydropower - but think about it for a minute - what that hydropower 
is worth when we have February & March in Sweden (this is hard three step 
high-level logic for our politicians). The dominating wind direction from 
Denmark is toward Sweden BTW - and their coal fired plants have a reputation 
of being among the dirtier in this part of Europe.

Definitely my personal reflections,

Bjorn Cedervall  bcradsafers@hotmail.com
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>From: "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca>
>Subject: Barseback power replaced by Russian & Polish coal
>
>Just last month there was news that "Sweden has been forced to import 1,078 
>GW-hrs from Danish coal-fired plants since the 600-MW Barsebaeck-1 was shut 
>down at the end of November," according to management claims during a press 
>conference at the plant in southern Sweden.

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