In recent years, interest in solar cells has increased explosively, and more and more people, both private individuals and companies, want to produce their own electricity today. Now the government has submitted two proposals that will contribute to further increases in Swedish solar electricity production, Anders Ygeman (S) tells Dagens Industri.
– In order to reach the goal of 100 percent renewable electricity production by 2040, more electricity production will be needed. We will follow the development to evaluate what effect the decided and upcoming measures will have on the rate of expansion for solar cells. Then we'll see if further measures are needed, says Anders Ygeman to the newspaper.
One proposal concerns facilitating cable routing between connecting buildings within a limited area. It simplifies the distribution of the produced solar energy from one building to another for consumption, and that electricity should then also be exempt from energy tax, Ygeman explains.
The second proposal is to remove the requirement that microproducers of solar energy must be net users. This will mean that you will not have to pay electricity grid fees for your own produced electricity.
At the same time, the Center Party proposes in its latest budget motion that the power limits for self-produced sustainable electricity be completely abolished.
– It would only cost about 4 million kronor a year in reduced tax revenue. It would thus be an excellent and cost-effective way to stimulate increased renewable electricity production, says Annie Lööf to DI and continues:
– This tax is holding back investments for many completely unnecessarily. By abolishing it, both companies and many municipalities would be able to more easily utilize much more of the great potential for energy production by installing solar cells on the roofs of everything from logistics properties to swimming pools around the country.
The proposals are about making it easier to reach the target of 100 percent renewable electricity in Sweden by 2040. In the short term, however, the Swedish Solar Energy Association has a target of ten percent share of renewable electricity in the Swedish electricity grid - today the share is less than one percent, as we have written about in a previous article.
