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> Green energy isn't very useful for heating in winter.

We do manage quite well to use green energy for heating during winter in Sweden.

Do we? I see plenty of complaints about high electricity prices and criticism of shutdown of nuclear reactors

We do, it's not our fault that the electricity market in the EU is such that the spot price is based on the most expensive kWh produced in the zone we supply to. It sucks that we have to pay high energy prices because Germany fucked up their energy policies, or because Poland is still mostly coal-based.

Nuclear reactors are running, Forsmark, Oskarshamn, and Ringhals are still there and producing 25% of our electricity right at this moment.

So we do, and we are getting ratfucked by the common electricity market in the EU that pushes our prices much higher than what it costs to produce.

Poland plans to enter nuclear power. Three AP1000 reactors at the Choczewo site in the voivodeship of Pomerania. The European Commission granted formal approval for state aid in December 2025, including a capital injection of approximately PLN 60 billion (approximately $17 billion) and a 40‑year contract for difference.

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-01-29/article-7720/plans-for-p...

Discussing whose fault it is does not change the fact that a statement such as "we do manage quite well to use green energy for heating during winter in Sweden" is quite questionable. The electricity prices ARE high and they would be significantly lower if we had not decommissioned half of our nuclear reactors

> The electricity prices ARE high and they would be significantly lower if we had not decommissioned half of our nuclear reactors

Where is the source for this statement?

The prices are not set by our producing costs, do you know how electricity is priced in the EU electricity market?

We do manage quite well, if you understood the pricing mechanism you'd know what I meant instead of knee-jerking into the umbrella "but more nuclear!".

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