From July 1, 2021, energy tax should not have to be paid for solar cell installations with a capacity of less than 500 kWh. Anna Werner, CEO of Svensk Solenergi, believes that this is a major step forward in establishing green energy in the Swedish electricity grid.
It is in an advertising article in DN's supplement Gröna Hem that she views the development within green energy positively.
– It is happening, and it will mean a lot for, for example, industries' willingness to invest. But also for private individuals who want to switch to solar. You want to be able to use the electricity even when the sun is not shining. Solar energy is the only type of energy today where the average person can be a direct owner of the production. You can't exactly have your own nuclear power plant on the roof, says Anna Werner in the article.
In addition, she wants politicians at the national level to "make it easy for the county administrative boards to say yes to solar energy". A sustainable solution is local solar cell parks.
– We can also soon hope for an implementation of the EU legislation on energy communities. Svensk Solenergi wants consumers to be able to join forces with a local solar power park and buy electricity directly from it in an energy community and thus not use the electricity grid more than a very short distance. That the electricity is not transported so far could then be rewarded either with lower energy tax or more favorable electricity grid fees.
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