Editing Politics of Sweden (section)

== Energy politics ==
{{details |Nuclear power in Sweden}}
After the [[1973 oil crisis]], the [[energy]] politics were determined to become less dependent on the import of [[petroleum]]. Since then, electricity has been generated mostly from [[hydropower]] and nuclear power. Sweden wants to be independent of petroleum use by 2020. The [[Three Mile Island accident]] (United States) prompted the [[Swedish parliament]] in 1980 after a [[referendum]] to decide that no further nuclear power plants should be built and that a [[nuclear power phase-out]] should be completed by 2010. Following the recommendation of the 1980 referendum, [[Barsebäck Nuclear Power Plant|two nuclear power reactors]] were closed by government decision in 1999 and 2005, respectively. However, in February 2009, the Swedish centre-right wing government announced that new nuclear power stations may be constructed if they replace old ones, thus ending the previous de facto phase out policy.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=24606 | title = World nuclear news | access-date = 2010-01-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110319004958/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=24606 | archive-date = 2011-03-19 | url-status = dead }}.</ref>

{{As of |2005}}, the use of [[renewable energy|renewables]] amounted to 26% of the energy supply in Sweden, most important being [[hydroelectricity|hydropower]] and [[biomass]]. In 2003, electricity from hydropower accounted for 53 [[TWh]] and 40% of the country's production of [[electricity]] with nuclear power delivering 65 TWh (49%). At the same time, the use of [[biofuel]]s, [[peat]] etc. produced 13 TWh of electricity.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____24270.aspx | publisher = SCB | title = Figures about energy production and usage 1994–2003 | language = sv}}.</ref> Sweden was the highest ranked country in the [[Climate Change Performance Index]] until 2022, when it was displaced by Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ccpi.org/country/swe/ |title=CCPI Countries and Rankings: Sweden |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=[[Climate Change Performance Index]]}}</ref>

In March 2005, an opinion poll showed that 83% supported maintaining or increasing nuclear power.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.uic.com.au/nip39.htm | title = Nuclear Power in Sweden | publisher = Uranium Information Centre | place = Australia | access-date = 2006-06-12 | archive-date = 2007-07-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070712203350/http://www.uic.com.au/nip39.htm | url-status = dead }}.</ref> Since then however, reports about radioactive leakages at a nuclear waste store in Forsmark, Sweden, have been published.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/06/29/afx2116521.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071208155202/http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/06/29/afx2116521.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 8, 2007 | title = Swedish nuclear power station leaks high levels of radioactive waste into Baltic | newspaper = Forbes | date = June 29, 2005}}.</ref> This does not seem to have changed the public support of continued use of nuclear power.