The Norwegian Progress Party wants to investigate nuclear and gas power, in addition to continuing mining on Svalbard. The party believes that nuclear power is not assessed in the energy plan for Longyearbyen.

That is reported by Svalbardposten.

In connection with the budget for Svalbard 2021-2022, the government asked the Longyearbyen local government to develop a specific energy plan for Longyearbyen during the previous years. The plan the local government has drawn up involves shutting down by the fall of 2023.

The temporary energy supply will thereby be taken care of by existing reserve power plants that run on diesel, with plans to phase in renewable energy. The local government's plan includes a combination of wind and solar energy and multi-fuel engines with renewable fuels that are needed to execute the energy transition in Longyearbyen.

The Progress Party now calls for an investigation of nuclear and gas power, since this is not already included in the energy transition plan.

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