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Backgroudn promoting TES systems in Sweden
Swedish Society of HVAC Engineers (SWEDVAC).
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Architecture and Water.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7144-9778
2006 (English)Other (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Swedish nuclear plants are slowly being shut down as a result of a referendum in 1980. During the years after the referendum, four nuclear reactors were completed and taken into operation. The nuclear power then covered 50 % of the Swedish production capacity resulting in large over capacity, which meant inexpensive electricity. For many years thereafter direct electrical space heating was the only feasible option. This development continued until direct electrical heating was used for about 30 % of all space heating in Sweden. Swedish consumer prices were then about one third of that in most European countries. The much later deregulation of the electrical market and connection of the power grid to other European countries meant that Swedish consumer prices increased rapidly. Within a few years the prices are expected to be at the same level all over Europe and direct space heating is no longer a feasible alternative. This is why it is so attractive to Swedes to use heat pumps to reduce their electricity consumption. The present Swedish energy policy aims to a changeover from the use of prime energy sources to renewables. This is partly because of international agreements on the reduction of greenhouse emissions and partly to obtain a more independent energy system. Since the use of heat pumps mean that the electrical consumption is reduced by 70 % and also means less emission to the atmosphere, heat pump systems have been encouraged by subsidies. This present subsidy, which covers about 15 % of the investment, has been on and off during the last decades. Now, the new EU directive on energy efficient buildings offers a platform for the promotion of thermal energy

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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-33488Local ID: 4f261a10-2131-4144-9ce9-3b8d320275dbOAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-33488DiVA, id: diva2:1006726
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