Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will be built

Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by rags2riches on Friday October 14, 2022 @07:00PM (#33209803)

Transmission capacity from the northern hydro to the southern nuclear regions has decreased due to the closing of reactors in the south. Power transmission is more complex than just building a fatter pipe to pour more water through. Having stable power in the south is a prerequisite to transfer hydro power from the north.

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by brutusborn on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:04PM (#33210913)

I don't understand, surely the southern grid is stabilized by interconnections to europe? I thought closing reactors would be independent of transmission. What am I missing?

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by ncmncm on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:11PM (#33210968)

You are missing that trolls just make shit up.

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by brutusborn on Friday October 14, 2022 @10:54PM (#33211261)

I think it's a genuine comment, their others seem to be.

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by rongopo on Friday October 14, 2022 @11:44PM (#33211535)

Fact: transmission lines are the bottlenecks of EU energy markets.

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by halper on Saturday October 15, 2022 @12:01AM (#33211623)

They are separate grids: not synchronous, not stabilising each other. Most of the interconnections are HVDC links. Wikipedia has an article on synchronous grids of Northern Europe.

The decommissioning of several large generating stations in southern Sweden has indeed affected the effective transmission capacity from the north.

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by Gravityloss on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:21AM (#33212586)

Can you explain this in more detail.

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