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Start Over Topic electric power Publication Year Range More than 50 years ago Region sweden
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1. Swedish Plant Thrives on Power Boom.

Subjects
INDUSTRIAL expansion, ECONOMIC development, ELECTRIC power, IRON industry, RAW materials, PRICES
Abstract

The article reports on the postwar industrial expansion and economic growth of Sweden. The government program to double the capacity for electric power created a huge demand for the insulators manufactured by A.B. Ifoverken. The growth of the iron and steel industry, importation of high-volume raw materials and high prices for exported products are indicators of a prosperity that is planned by its leaders to ensure that the country becomes self-sufficient.

Published
1949

2. Sweden's Atomic Energy Program.

Author

Lundbergh, Holger

Subjects
ELECTRIC power, ENERGY industries, ELECTRIC utilities, ELECTRICITY, NATURAL resources, ENERGY policy, POWER resources, POWER plants
Abstract

The article discusses the atomic energy programs of Sweden for 1969, which include the building of a combined power and heat producing reactor to be completed during 1960-1961. Two power-producing units in the 100 megawatt range scheduled for completion by the middle of the 1960s, and one more power-producing unit of several hundred megawatts by the end of the decade. Harry Brynielsson, head of the semi-public AB Atomenergi, emphasizes that the country's output of electric power to 95% is based on the utilization of water power resources.

Published
1959
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