Abbreviated form of legal source(s)
● Act 2011:1200
● Ordinance 49:2021
Description of support scheme
Electricity suppliers, energy-intensive companies and some electricity consumers are obliged to acquire renewable energy certificates in due proportion to their electricity sales and their consumption (Chapter 4 articles 1 and 4b, Act 2011:1200). The objective of the quota system is to increase the production of RES electricity by 25TWh/year by 2020. As the Swedish system has already exceeded its mission, it is being discontinued earlier than initially planned, by the end of 2035 – 10 years earlier than planned. The system will close for new participants on 1 January 2022.
In principle, all RES technologies are eligible but with some conditions. The eligibility period ends within 15 years of commissioning the plant (Chapter 2 art 7, Act 2011:1200).
The certificate market is a common market between Sweden and Norway. The producers receive certificates in their own country but certificates can be traded in Swedish and Norwegian markets (Chapter 1 art 5, Act 2011:1200).
Amount
Amount of quota and period of application: The quota obligation per MWh/electricity sold or produced is planned to fluctuate slightly each year.
● 2021: 0.263
● 2022: 0.267
● 2023: 0.271
● 2024: 0.273
● 2025: 0.296
● 2026: 0.323
● 2027: 0.376
● 2028: 0.379
● 2029: 0.383
● 2030: 0.377
● 2031: 0.359
● 2032: 0.341
● 2033: 0.316
● 2034: 0.292
● 2035: 0.276 (art 3a Ordinance 49:2021)
Number of certificates according to technology: One certificate is issued for each MWh/produced electricity, regardless of the technology (Chapter 3 art. 2, Act 2011:1200).
Addressees
The quota obligation applies to:
● Electricity supplying companies
● electricity consumers using electricity they have produced, given the consumption exceeds 60MW/year and the electricity was produced in an installation with a minimum capacity of 50kW
● electricity producers not connected to the grid, given the produced amount exceeds 60MW/year
● Electricity consumers for the electricity imported from the Nordic electricity market
● registered energy-intensive companies
(Chapter 4 art 1, Act 2011:1200)
Procedure
Issuing electricity certificates: The applicant directs their application to the Energy Authority, which authorises the plant if it is deemed admissible. The electricity produced in the plant is measured and reported to the managing authority, which assigns electricity certificates. (Chapter 1 arts 1–2, Act 2011:1200)
Calculation of the quota obligation: The obliged parties register at the supervising authority. They declare the sold electricity once a year, which serves as the basis for the quota obligation calculation. (Chapter 4 arts 2, 3,6 and 10, Act 2011:1200)
If the obliged party fails to fulfil their quota obligation, they are subject to a fine, which amounts to 150% of the weighed, average certificate value during the applicable obligation period. (Chapter 6 art 1, Act 2011:1200).
Competent authority
● Swedish Energy Agency
● Svenska kraftnät