I mean, not building yet, but a lot of new nuclear is in the pipeline.
"The Swedish government has presented a roadmap for new nuclear, stipulating that, by 2035, nuclear reactors with the capacity to produce 2500 MW should have been built, with further increases to 10 000 MW by the year 2045."
Legislation, permits and offers of loans/state aid can result in new plants if the private actors starts to invest, but there is a large difference between that and actually building new plants. With the election going on, it is also very questionable if anything will happen if the flips from right to left, as the new government can easily just withdraw those offers of state aid and change the legislation to make it unprofitable to invest into new nuclear power plants.
The proof is as always in what get actually get constructed, and right now what we do know is that new thermal power plants is currently being constructed in the south that is expected to finish and starting to burn fuel in 2028.
can result in new plants if the private actors starts to invest
It is the private investors seeking approvals. Why would they do this if they didn't want to build? After all, these types of approvals and application processes also cost money. Are they doing this just for fun?
but there is a large difference between that and actually building new plants.
Well yes: what is happening now are the required prerequisites to actually building. Can't really start building without having done these things first.
Not sure what you're trying to say here? They can only be taken seriously if they skip the necessary first steps?
the new government can easily just withdraw those offers of state aid and change the legislation to make it unprofitable to invest into new nuclear power plants.
That was one of the changes: there is now an insurance mechanism that compensates investors if the state pulls the plug on them.
Which goes back to the point of the state being the biggest risk factor for nuclear projects.
The proof is as always in what get actually get constructed
The proof for construction. The proof for intent and investor interests is now.
Next step happened just today:
Studsvik, GE Vernova Hitachi and Samsung C&T commit to advancing 1.2 GW nuclear power project in Sweden
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I mean, not building yet, but a lot of new nuclear is in the pipeline.
"The Swedish government has presented a roadmap for new nuclear, stipulating that, by 2035, nuclear reactors with the capacity to produce 2500 MW should have been built, with further increases to 10 000 MW by the year 2045."
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/the-case-for-new-nucle...
"A flurry of nuclear developments in Sweden—state aid, SMR selections, legislation"
https://www.ans.org/news/2026-06-18/article-8133/new-sweden-...
There appear to be new developments almost every other week.
Legislation, permits and offers of loans/state aid can result in new plants if the private actors starts to invest, but there is a large difference between that and actually building new plants. With the election going on, it is also very questionable if anything will happen if the flips from right to left, as the new government can easily just withdraw those offers of state aid and change the legislation to make it unprofitable to invest into new nuclear power plants.
The proof is as always in what get actually get constructed, and right now what we do know is that new thermal power plants is currently being constructed in the south that is expected to finish and starting to burn fuel in 2028.
It is the private investors seeking approvals. Why would they do this if they didn't want to build? After all, these types of approvals and application processes also cost money. Are they doing this just for fun?
Well yes: what is happening now are the required prerequisites to actually building. Can't really start building without having done these things first.
Not sure what you're trying to say here? They can only be taken seriously if they skip the necessary first steps?
That was one of the changes: there is now an insurance mechanism that compensates investors if the state pulls the plug on them.
Which goes back to the point of the state being the biggest risk factor for nuclear projects.
The proof for construction. The proof for intent and investor interests is now.
Next step happened just today:
Studsvik, GE Vernova Hitachi and Samsung C&T commit to advancing 1.2 GW nuclear power project in Sweden
https://news.cision.com/studsvik-ab/r/studsvik--ge-vernova-h...
Again, these news are coming out almost on a weekly basis. Yes, not a finished power plant, yet, but also very very far from nothing.