Sweden axes renewable energy targets, shifts back to nuclear
By Joanne Nova |June 27th, 2023
Sweden has thrown away the sacred renewables talisman and opened the escape valve from the Temple of WindySolar-Inc. They’ve done the obvious thing anyone worried about CO2 would have done in 1992 — aimed for nuclear.
They have switched their 100% “renewables” target by 2045 to a 100% fossil-free target. It’s still a pagan antipathy of the sixth element of the periodic table. But at least it’s a more pragmatic version.
Sweden topped the EU list for renewables share of energy in the last tally — albeit with mostly biomass and hydropower. It was a star of the renewables set — number 1 on the Climate Council list of the “11 countries leading the way“. Yet here they are, effectively giving up on the unreliable generators. Surely this must hurt?
https://www.cfact.org/2023/06/27/sweden-axes-renewable-energy-targets-shifts-back-to-nuclear/
