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The Swedish Energy Agency
The energy system and the sustainable
municipality programme
Johan Burström
Programme manager
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The Swedish Energy Agency
Organizes under the Ministry of Enterprise,
Energy and Communications
Promote the development of Sweden’s energy
system
Implement Sweden’s national energy policy
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Characteristics
• Cold Climate
• Large Area
• Hydro and Biomass
Resources
• District Heating
• Large Sector of Energy
Intensive Industry
• Large Automotive Industry for
Small Country
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Local action on climate
change
Government subsidies for local energy efficiency
The Sustainable municipality programme
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Energy issues in the municipalities
• The municipality - the local key-actor which can achieve
a sustainable energy use
• Responsibility for issues like
 Urban planning
 Waste management
 Education
 Owning a large amount of buildings
A long-term and systematic handling of energy issues is
important
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Government subsidies for local
energy efficiency
• Concerns all 290 municipalities and 20 County
councils
• Part of a 5-year program 2010-2014, 10 million
euro/year. Half-time employee/organisation
• One of the tools to reach the goals in The Enduse Efficiency and Energy Services Directive
from EU.
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Aims
• Strategic energy efficiency in buildings and
transports (especially in issues regarding
procurement).
• Situation analysis, implementing political
objectives, educating employees and follow-up
of results
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Requirements
• Implement a strategy for energy efficiency
within their own organisation
• Work actively to implement the strategy
• Report results annually
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The Sustainable municipality
programme, 2008-2011
• Cooperation between the Agency and more
than a fifth of the Swedish municipalities
• A letter of intent signed between Mayors and
Director-General
• Gather the most interested municipalities to
focus on energy and climate issues.
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• 66 municipalities
• Different conditions,
possibilities and aims
• 8 regional networks
with co-ordinators
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Aim of the programme
• The municipality will produce and politically
adopt a local energy strategy.
• The strategy should involve citizens and
companies in the municipality.
• Measures are carried out to achieve the
objectives
• Help to start up projects around key-issues
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Role of the Agency
• Arenas for networks and meetings
• Contribute with expertise and know-how
canalised through thematic areas
 Urban planning
 Energy efficiency in buildings
 Transports
 Wind power/renewable energy
 Proactive crisis planning and organisation
• Evaluate the programme
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Results and experience from the
programme
• About 85 % of the municipalities has a energy
strategy, the rest will complete their work this
year
• Broad local implementation of the strategy is
important
• Best practice is a key - making participants go
further
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Thank you for your attention!
[email protected]
Phone: +46 16 – 544 21 04
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