Wind energy continues to grow rapidly in Sweden. The forecast for 2011 are showing new records for growth, but the honeymoon phase with the public is over. Cheap turbines, fast delivery and a strong Swedish crown lies behind the expansion, said according to Gunnar Fredriksson, vice president of the Swedish Wind Energy.   For more [...]

Swedish National Grid has submitted its investment plan for 2012 – 2014 to the Swedish government; estimated to be 11.4 billion over the next three years. The main driving forces behind the increased rate of investment is the expansion of renewable power generation, power upgrades in nuclear plants, the need to remove bottlenecks in domestic [...]

EU Energy Commissioner warns Sweden and other EU countries not to push their environmental objectives too far. There is a risk of putting pressure on emission reductions targets beyond what the EU has established. The risk would be that businesses may be encouraged to establish themselves in Asia rather than Europe. EU Energy Commissioner Günter [...]

IKEA is investing hundreds of millions in a wind farm on the Raven Mountain in Dalarna, Sweden. This electricity production project must correspond to the needs of the 17 Swedish IKEA shops. “We must ensure a long-term access to sustainable energy and reduce IKEA’s carbon footprint” said Peter Agne Berg, President of IKEA AB purchase [...]

In order to supply Europe with energy, while still meeting climate targets, we need to import natural gas, writes Lars O Grönstedt, senior advisor of the Nord Stream group which seeks to build a gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea. A few days ago four EU countries, along with Turkey, signed an international agreement that [...]

Sweden will invest 100 million kroner over five years to develop a reactor that will burn nuclear waste and generate plutonium. The decision was taken as part of the international cooperation with the research facility ESS in Lund. The government decided to invest in nuclear technology research and education in cooperation with France. The initiative [...]

Next week, EU heads of government will discuss the Union’s future energy policy. The proposal that the commission has put forward will mean, according to the Swedish energy minister, Maud Olofsson, that the Swedish taxpayers may be forced to pay for new electricity network. The EU Commission’s proposal states that the EU’s future energy portfolio [...]

The old gasworks in Hjorthagen in Stockholm has now closed, marking the end of an era that began when King Oscar II opened the coal-fired gasworks November 25, 1893. In order to allow this closure, the Stockholm Gas has changed the quality of the city gas from gas based on light diesel to gas consisting [...]

The Swedish electricity production from wind rose by 40 percent in 2010 compared to 2009 and now represents 2.4 percent of all electricity consumption in Sweden. A total of 304 new wind turbines were installed in 2010 with a combined power of 603 MW, which is the largest expansion to date. These are the new [...]

Pathways to Sustainable Northern Communities – Regional Empowerment for Change Fourth Jokkmokk Winter Conference on Climate Change, Jokkmokk/Sweden, January 31 – February 3, 2011. Jokkmokk Winter Conference is an annual international forum for young researchers, entrepreneurs and opinion builders from Northern Europe, Canada, the US and Russia. One main target is to contribute to regional [...]