Sweden is going all in on nuclear power.The nation, led by centre-right coalition government and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is scrapping a renewable target of 100% and is instead going to build 10 new nuclear reactors. The government is passing legislation that currently limits the number of nuc
  • szczuroarturo@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Dosent sweden already have a fairly high and fairly stable energy production through their hydroelectiric power plants . Wouldnt it be better to just build more of those.

    • Iceblade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We do, but enviromental regulations pushed through during the past two decades is essentially preventing any new or expanded hydro projects. In fact, a lot of smaller hydro plants are instead being demolished due to being incompatible with these laws.