Sweden
Act on Electricity certificates: Act No. 2011:1200 and Regulation on Electricity certificates - Regulation No. 2011:1480
Legislative
Law
Passed in 2011
Electricity from the following energy sources entitles its producers to certificates in Sweden: wind power, solar energy, wave energy, geothermal energy, biofuels, peat and hydro power.
The act applies to
- Companies that supply electricity to consumers
- Consumers of electricity using self-produced electricity, while the consumption must exceed 60MWh/ year and must have been produced in a plant that has a capacity of more than 50kW
- Registered energy-intensive companies
- Electricity consumers that purchased/imported electricity from the Nordic electricity market
As of 1 January 2012, the Swedish-Norwegian common electricity certificate market started. The producers receive their certificates in the country where the electricity production takes place and can trade their certificates in both Norway and Sweden.
Documents
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
