46 percent of the population can imagine paying more for solar cells that are sustainably produced and 72 percent want solar energy in the home. In addition, sustainability (48 percent) weighs heavier than economy (41 percent) when it comes to the reason to install solar cells. This is according to the municipal electricity company in Södertälje, Telge Energi, in a press release following a survey they conducted in collaboration with Kantar Sifo.
– It is fantastic to see that sustainability is prioritized. Now the industry must take over and drive the market towards more sustainable products, says Niklas Holmberg at Telge Energi.
One appeal in the press release is, among other things, that more companies and apartment buildings need to build solar cell plants to achieve the Swedes' wishes; more than a third of Swedes see solar power as the single most important energy source in the future.
Today, solar power does not even reach one percent in the Swedish electricity grid, which is far from the target of 10 percent within the next five years set by the organization Svensk Solenergi. The target is at a level that, among other things, Germany has long since passed.
Already last summer, a survey conducted by Svensk Solenergi showed that over half of Swedes believe that they will own a solar power plant within the next ten years.
