Welcome to IEA Wind Member Country Activities for Sweden

Nearly three times as much capacity (604 MW) was installed in 2010 compared to the installations of 2008 (216 MW) and more than in 2009 (512 MW). The goal is to increase renewable generation by 25 TWh/yr by 2020 compared to the level in 2002. A major part of the wind power related research financed by the Swedish Energy Agency is carried out in the research programs Vindforsk III and Vindval. The technical program Vindforsk III runs from 2009 to 2012 and has a total budget of about 80 million SEK (8.6 million euro;11.6 million USD). Vindval is a knowledge program focused on studying the environmental effects of wind power. Vindval runs between 2009 and 2012 with a budget of 35 million SEK (3.8 million euro, 5.1 million USD). The new research center, Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC) at Chalmers Institute of Technology has started during 2010. The center focuses on complete design of an optimal wind turbine which takes the interaction among all components into account.