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A new Web site is now being unveiled by more than Swedish 15 authorities and takes a turnkey approach to the licensing process for wind turbines, Vindlov.se.

The final results from the Swedish Energy Agency's five-year Programme for Improving Energy Efficiency in Energy Intensive Industries (PFE) show that 87 Swedish energy-intensive industrial companies have achieved energy rationalisations totalling 1.4 TWh.

A new financial support for the installation of solar cells was introduced July 1, 2009. The first week the county administrative boards received more than 100 applications for a total amount of approximately SEK 100 million - which is twice as much as is allocated for 2009.

Sweden has the highest proportion of renewable energy in the EU, 43.3 %. Electricity generation contributes most to the proportion of renewable energy in Sweden.

12.7 TWh of renewable electricity was produced under the electricity certificate system in 2007. This is equivalent to the annual consumption of around half a million electrically heated detached houses.