Sweden’s Largest Energy Exporter in Europe in 2022
The energy crisis in Europe last year turned the energy trade upside down. For example, in 2022, Sweden will overtake France as the region's largest exporter. This was mainly because France had to shut down several obsolete nuclear power plants for maintenance work last year.
Sweden sent 33 terawatt hours to other countries last year. The Scandinavian country thus became Europe's top exporter for the first time, according to data from ENTSO-E analyzed by consultancy Rystad Energy. ENTSO-E is the European Network of Electricity Transmission System Operators.
France, which has many nuclear power plants, was still Europe's largest exporter of energy in 2021. However, the problems with the nuclear power plants made the country the second-largest energy importer by 2022. The United K...