Finding the right conditions for wind power : A business environment perspective on Sweden

• Main Author: Mårtensson, Andreas
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre 2012
• Subjects: Wind power; path dependence; path creation; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-85841

Mitigating the projections of climate change will require large investments in renewableenergy sources. In Sweden, a major share of new renewable energy production will have tocome from wind power. However, in 2009 wind power provided less than 2 percent of thecountry’s energy consumption.The main purpose of this thesis is to further the understanding of issues that affect thedevelopment of wind power in Sweden.The study has been carried out by qualitative interviews with five of the country’s leadingwind power developers. Duncan’s concept of external environment has been applied to definethe study and develop the interview questions.The study has resulted in the findings of eight key issues that affect the development of windpower in Sweden as well as areas in need of improvements from an investor’s perspective.Overall the thesis finds that wind power developers are very happy with the efforts from theSwedish government and the present conditions will likely allow wind power to have agrowing place in the Swedish energy system, provided that the current positive conditions are maintained.