| Plans and Prospects | |
| Offshore areas | no exclusive zone for offshore wind, current projects: around the Swedish coast, mainly in the South. |
| Planned offshore windpower | 560 MW, potential 7 GW |
| timing | 2008 |
| Transmission System | |
| TSOs | Svenska Kraftnät: 220 kV, 400 kV |
| Control zones and operators | Svenska Kraftnät (entire country) |
| Synchronous Zone | NORDEL |
| Final electricity consumption (2002) [TWh] | 131,6 |
| Generation capacity (2002) [GW] | 33,2 |
| Peak load (2002) | 27.0 (2001); 26.9 (2003) |
| Minimum load (2002) | 9,247 |
| Power Generation Portfolio [GW] | |
| Nuclear | 9,452 |
| Thermal (non-nuclear) | 6,853 |
| Hydro | 16,56 |
| Wind | 0,345 |
| others | 0,00 |
| Offshore Power Injection | |
| Suited Substations | Many substations along the Swedish coast |
| Substation Voltage today | 70 kV, 130 kV, 220 kV |
| Offshore power limit | limit in a small region 500 MW, for all Sweden > 5 GW |
| Grid issues | |
| Grid code requirements | Power quality, no power control, power curtailment, no simultaneous shut-down; frequency control not required, voltage control (reactive power); voltage and frequency ride through. |
| Balancing | Svenska Kraftnät with balance providers, with penalties |
| Transmission bottlenecks | Transmission bottlenecks for north-south transmission. Load centres are in the south, hydro generation is in the north. Offshore wind power in the south would not lead to increased congestion. |
| Necessary reinforcements | no reinforcements for offshore wind power |
| Timing of reinforcements | no reinforcements for offshore wind power |
| External Factors | |
| Import/export/transit | Export to UCTE and other Nordel countries, reinforcement of 3 transmission lines scheduled. |
| other factors | |
| Trans Border Capacities | |
| Offshore Cable | |
| Connection, first projects | Medium voltage AC: 30 kV cable, 30kV or 50 kV subs |
| Landing, first projects | |
| Best option, long term | not yet considered, depends on where offshore wind farms will be built |
| Connection and energy pricing | |
| Connection charges for DG | deep |
| Connection charges for offshore wind | Offshore cable by an independent TSO and billed to the developer. |
| Priority access for renewables | not mentioned in the legislation |
| Minimum price | No minimum price. Support is via electricity certificates. |
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