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Karin Widegren
Director, International Affairs
Energy Markets Inspectorate, Sweden
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Source: European Commission
Swedish economic policy instruments
to support renewable energy
• Electricity certificate trading system for renewables
– Launched 2003, Objective 25 TWh from 2002 –until 2020
– Joint market with Norway planned from 1.1. 2012
– Jointly increase production 2012-2020 26,4 TWh
• Tax policy - energy and carbon taxes
– Energy tax since 1950’s; CO2-tax since 1991
– Green tax shift since 2001 – energy and CO2-tax shifted
against tax on labor
• Other economic policy instruments
– Emissions trading (since 2005) within EU
– Support to electric and hybrid cars, biofuels for transports
The Swedish Green Certificate System
• www.ei.se
• www.nordicenergyregulators.org