The Swedish Energy Agency

The energy system and the sustainable

municipality programme

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Johan Burström

Programme manager

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The Swedish Energy Agency

Organizes under the Ministry of Enterprise,

Energy and Communications

Promote the development of Sweden’s energy

system

Implement Sweden’s national energy policy

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• Cold Climate

• Large Area

• Hydro and Biomass Resources

• District Heating

• Large Sector of Energy Intensive Industry

• Large Automotive Industry for Small Country

Characteristics

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Local action on climate change

Government subsidies for local energy efficiency

The Sustainable municipality programme

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Energy issues in the municipalities

• The municipality - the local key-actor which can achieve a sustainable energy use

• Responsibility for issues like

Urban planning

Waste management

Education

Owning a large amount of buildings

A long-term and systematic handling of energy issues is important

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Government subsidies for local energy efficiency

• Concerns all 290 municipalities and 20 County councils

• Part of a 5-year program 2010-2014, 10 million euro/year. Half-time employee/organisation

• One of the tools to reach the goals in The End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive from EU.

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Aims

• Strategic energy efficiency in buildings and transports (especially in issues regarding procurement).

• Situation analysis, implementing political objectives, educating employees and follow-up of results

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Requirements

• Implement a strategy for energy efficiency within their own organisation

• Work actively to implement the strategy

• Report results annually

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The Sustainable municipality programme, 2008-2011

• Cooperation between the Agency and more than a fifth of the Swedish municipalities

• A letter of intent signed between Mayors and Director-General

• Gather the most interested municipalities to focus on energy and climate issues.

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• 66 municipalities

• Different conditions, possibilities and aims

• 8 regional networks with co-ordinators

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Aim of the programme

• The municipality will produce and politically adopt a local energy strategy.

• The strategy should involve citizens and companies in the municipality.

• Measures are carried out to achieve the objectives

• Help to start up projects around key-issues

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Role of the Agency

• Arenas for networks and meetings

• Contribute with expertise and know-how canalised through thematic areas Urban planning

Energy efficiency in buildings

Transports

Wind power/renewable energy

Proactive crisis planning and organisation

• Evaluate the programme

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Results and experience from the programme

• About 85 % of the municipalities has a energy strategy, the rest will complete their work this year

• Broad local implementation of the strategy is important

• Best practice is a key - making participants go further

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Thank you for your attention!

johan.burstrom@swedishenergyagency.se

Phone: +46 16 – 544 21 04