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Overview
Sweden promotes RES through a handful of mechanisms: the quota system based on electricity certificate trading and a tax regulation mechanism. Most incentives are open to all RES technologies but some impose conditions regarding the capacity or specific renewable energy source (e.g., reduced real estate tax is aimed only at wind power or energy tax allowance supports wind, wave and solar power plants).
Sweden does not have a national 2030 target for renewable energy, but it has set a target of reaching 100% renewable electricity production by 2040 (NECP, 2018). The 2016 trajectory of the Swedish Energy Agency projects a 65% share of RES of final electricity consumption by 2030 (NECP, 2018). -
Summary of support system
● Quota system is the single largest and most significant RES support mechanism in Sweden. Energy suppliers are obliged to prove that a certain quota of their electricity production was generated by RES. ● Tax regulation mechanisms ensure different tax privileges to RES-E.
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Competent authorities
● County Administrative Boards ● Energy Authority ● National Board of Housing, Building and Planning ● Svenska kraftnät (TSO) ● The Swedish Tax Authority
