Energy in Sweden

Energy in Sweden describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Sweden. Electricity sector in Sweden is the main article of electricity in Sweden.

Energy in Sweden [1]
Population Primary Energy Supply National Energy Production Net Energy Imports Electricity Consumption* CO2-emissions
(Millions) (TWh) (TWh) (TWh) (TWh) (Mt)
2004 8.99 627 408 236 138.7 52.2
2007 9.15 586 391 221 139.4 46.2
2008 9.26 577 387 229 137.1 45.9
2009 9.30 528 353 207 131.5 41.7
2010 9.38 596 390 229 140.1 47.6
2012 9.45 570 378 219 132.6 44.9
2012R 9.52 583 421 179 136.0 40.4
2013 9.60 573 408 193 133.2 37.5
Change 2004-10 4.3 % -4.9 % -4.5 % -3.1 % -1.0  % -8.8 %
Energy figures converted from Mtoe using conversion factor 1 Mtoe = 11.63 TWh . Primary energy includes energy losses, such as 2/3 for nuclear power[2]

2012R = CO2 calculation criteria changed, numbers updated

*Gross production + imports – exports – losses.

The emissions decline 7.7% in 2008–2009 was at least partly influenced by the European economic recession of 2008–2009 and not only by the sustainable changes in energy consumption. From 2008 to 2009 the change in the US was a 7.0% decline and in Canada was a 9.6% decline.[3]

A report was published in 2011 by the World Energy Council in association with Oliver Wyman, entitled Policies for the Future: 2011 Assessment of Country Energy and Climate Policies, which ranks country performance according to an energy sustainability index.[4] The best performers were Switzerland, Sweden and France.

Buildings and the residential sector currently account for 40 percent of Sweden's energy consumption. Buildings have a long life-span. Thus energy efficiency is important for houses being built. Better energy efficiency for existing buildings is the biggest challenge.[5]

Renewable energy

The share of renewable energy use is high in Sweden; hydro, wind, and solar power together accounted for 49.8% of the electricity produced in the country in 2014 (when measured against national electricity consumption, however, this amount rises to 55.5%).[6] Since 2003, Sweden has supported renewable energy in the electricity sector with a "green electricity certificate" obligation for retail power suppliers.[7][8] The current plan of the certificate system is to support 25 TWh of new renewable electricity generation by 2020.[9]

Within the context of the European Union's 2009 Renewables Directive, Sweden is working towards reaching a 50% share of renewable energy in gross final consumption of energy - electricity, heating/cooling, and transportation - by 2020.[10] Eurostat reported that Sweden had already exceeded the Directive's 2020 target in 2014.[11]

In 2013 renewable energy investment was more than US$1 billion in Sweden.[12]

Wind power

Main article: Wind power in Sweden

Wind power accounted for 2.4% of the electricity production in Sweden in 2010, 5 % in 2012.[13][14]

Sweden has wind power potential of 510 TWh/a at land and 46 TWh/a at sea. [15] Consumption was 140 TWh of power in 2010.

In 2013 Sweden was second top country for wind power capacity per inhabitant in the world: 488 W per person.[16] In correlation one must note that Swedish use of energy per inhabitant is much higher than average in Europe.

EU and Sweden Wind Energy Capacity (MW)[17][18][19][20]
Country 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
EU-27 105,696 93,957 84,074 74,767 64,712 56,517 48,069 40,511 34,383 28,599 23,159 17,315 12,887 9,678 6,453
Sweden 3,745 2,907 2,163 1,560 1,048 788 571 509 442 399 345 293 231 220 174

Wave power

Sweden has a wave power station outside Lysekil.

Hydroelectric power

Hydroelectric power in Sweden accounts for more than half of energy production. More than 1900 power stations operate all over the country. Forty-five produce 100 MW and over, 17 produce 200 MW and over, and 6 produce 400 MW and over. The largest station, which is located on the upper Lule River, has a maximum production capacity of 977 MW. The Lule River is also the most productive river, with almost 18% of the Swedish installed effect. Almost all of the medium to large plants are located in northern Sweden.

Solar power

While installations have historically been minimal, solar power has recently been growing quickly in Sweden with the country's cumulative PV capacity nearly doubling in 2014 to 79 MW.[21]

Biofuels

Further information: Biofuel in Sweden

Sweden aims for a fossil fuel free vehicle fleet by 2030. [22]

Sweden published the sustainability criteria for biofuels (2011) which consider the areas with high biological values to be protected in respect to fuels production. The feedstock origin used for production of bioliquids in Sweden during 2011 was Sweden 49% The Netherlands 17% United States 17% Finland 6% Belgium 3% and other 8% (Brazil, Malaysia and Russia). Palm oil is often pointed out as a dirty feed-stock for biofuels. None of the Swedish companies used palm oil in 2011. The largest share of feedstock for bioliquids comes from the forest industry in the form of tall oil pitch, tall oil and methanol.[23]

In 2013 the bus fleets in more than a dozen cities relied entirely on biomethane, local plants produced more than 60% of the total biomethane used in Swedish natural gas vehicles, and more filling stations were opened in 2012 and 2013. Goteborg Energi (Gothenburg Energy) has a 20 MW facility that gasifies forest residues and then converts the synthesis gases—hydrogen and carbon monoxide—into biomethane. [24]

Thermal and Nuclear

Nuclear is dominating in this sector. The other operational plant is, in almost all cases, fueled with renewable fuels. Oil plants are few, and are either decommissioned or used as a reserve,

Nuclear power

More than 35% of the Swedish electricity is produced by 10 nuclear reactors, spread out on 3 power stations:

Before 2005, there were 12 reactors, but the two BWR reactors (~1,2 GW) at the Barsebäck nuclear power plant were decommissioned in 1999 and 2005.

Global warming

According to Energy Information Administration the CO2 emissions from energy consumption of Sweden were in 2009 54.77 Mt, slightly below Finland 54.86 Mt, despite the difference in the population.[25] The emissions per capita were in Sweden 5.58 and in Finland 9.93 tonnes per capita in 2009.[26]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ IEA Key World Energy Statistics Statistics 2015, 2014 (2012R as in November 2015 + 2012 as in March 2014 is comparable to previous years statistical calculation criteria, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006 IEA October, crude oil p.11, coal p. 13 gas p. 15
  2. ↑ Energy in Sweden 2010. Facts and figures. The Swedish Energy Agency. Table 8 Losses in nuclear power stations Table 9 Nuclear power brutto
  3. ↑ World carbon dioxide emissions data by country: China speeds ahead of the rest Guardian 31 January 2011
  4. ↑ http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/3800.asp
  5. ↑ Energy efficiency in the built environment – new research and innovation program initiated Swedish Energy Agency 2013-02-28
  6. ↑ Swedish Energy Agency (2015-11-30). "Electricity supply and use 2001–2014 (GWh)". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  7. ↑ "Energy use in Sweden". Swedish Institute. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  8. ↑ "Sweden - The Electricity Certificate System". International Energy Agency. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  9. ↑ "The Electricity Certificate System". Swedish Energy Agency. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  10. ↑ "Sweden". Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  11. ↑ "EU renewables usage shows steady increase". Economist Intelligence Unit. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  12. ↑ Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, page 70
  13. ↑ Significant increase in energy from wind power The Swedish Energy Agency
  14. ↑ Energiläget i siffror 2014 18: Sveriges elproduktion per kraftslag och total elanvändning 1970–2012
  15. ↑ Sweden report Greenpeace 12.11.2012
  16. ↑ Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, page 56
  17. ↑ EWEA Staff (2010). "Cumulative installed capacity per EU Member State 1998 - 2009 (MW)". European Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  18. ↑ EWEA Staff (February 2011). "EWEA Annual Statistics 2010" (PDF). European Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  19. ↑ EWEA Staff (February 2012). "EWEA Annual Statistics 2011" (PDF). European Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  20. ↑ Wind in power: 2012 European statistics February 2013
  21. ↑ Ivan Shumkov (2015-03-26). "Sweden doubles solar power capacity to 79.4 MW in 2014". SeeNews. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  22. ↑ Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, page 29
  23. ↑ Sustainable bioliquids 2011
  24. ↑ Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, page 35+37
  25. ↑ World carbon dioxide emissions data by country: China speeds ahead of the rest Guardian 31 January 2011
  26. ↑ world carbon dioxide emissions country data co2 Guardian 31 January 2011
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