Wind Power in
Sweden/Future
challenges
,
Lars Andersson
Head of unit for Renewable Energy
Swedish Energy Agency
2017-04-26
Towards 100 % renewable energy
Making it happen (100%
renewables) - challenges
• Increasing volume from all renewables
• Conflicts of interest
• Hydropower even more important
• Wind power filling the gap
• Regulating with biofulled power?
• Development of solar energy?
Historical development – wind
power
Cost of wind power and potential
The Energy Agency´s report to IPCC
Important factors for expansion of
wind
• Continuing to establish facts, sound, birds etc
• Planning on a national level
• From local effects to national
• Cooperation between branches/sectors
• Developing technology and best practices for
system integration
• Involving the local community, employment
Hydro strategy – with Swedish Agency
for Marine and Water Management
• Limiting planning objective 2,3 % of HP power
production, 1,5 TWh
• No substantial adverse effect on regulation
capacity
• Put river basins in groups
New report 2016 with Swedish
Agency for Marine and Water
Management and TSO
• 255 HP plants = 98 % of installed power output
• Categorised all HP plants in 3 categories
1. The 255 most important for regulation
2. 78 needs more investigation
3. The rest ca 1700 less important for regulation
Electricity from biomass
PV in Sweden
• Growing market
• Total installed gridconnected capacity
about 140 MW
• Supplies only about
0,1% of national
energy demand
• Potential for further
expansion
Energy Agency PV strategy proposal
• How can conditions for producing PV electricity in
Sweden be improved?
• Strategy gives suggestions on how to:
– customize regulations and support systems to fit different
groups of investors.
– produce reliable statistics.
– raise awareness and spread information.
– enable a resource efficient expansion.
– handle possible effects on the power grid.
Thanks!
Lars Andersson
Tel: +46 (0)16 – 542 06 14
[email protected]