Hhhhehhhhh…I wish I knew. Maybe the power companies in Norway are buddies with the companies in Sweden, and they’ve got some kind of sweet deal under the table… Unless it goes higher up to the elected officials making deals behind closed doors. But we don’t call it corruption. No, no, no, that’s a naughty word in Scandinavia.
There is no trade per se, only transport. The markup is due to limited capacity for this transport and goes into the pockets of the operator of the grid.
That’s Statnett in Norway (fully state-owned) and Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden (fully state-owned), so no private beneficiaries.
Hhhhehhhhh…I wish I knew. Maybe the power companies in Norway are buddies with the companies in Sweden, and they’ve got some kind of sweet deal under the table… Unless it goes higher up to the elected officials making deals behind closed doors. But we don’t call it corruption. No, no, no, that’s a naughty word in Scandinavia.
Power is almost entirely covered by hydroelectricity in Norway. And 90% of that is held publicly (state, municipalities).
Energy production is public. Energy trade is private.
There is no trade per se, only transport. The markup is due to limited capacity for this transport and goes into the pockets of the operator of the grid.
That’s Statnett in Norway (fully state-owned) and Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden (fully state-owned), so no private beneficiaries.