Swedish procurement and market activities -- Different design solutions on different markets

Conference · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:20001783

Suvilehto, H M; Ofverholm, E

This paper will give an overview of how the Swedish program for energy efficiency is designed to affect market transformation, as well as which factors affect the program design and how the different approaches perform. The 10-year old Swedish program for energy efficiency has produced 25 procurements within the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. This program aims at establishing market transformation and consists of technology procurement and projects supporting market penetration. There is a wide variety of methods in use, each of them are designed according to the market barriers, its actors, decision makers, their interplay, and specific market needs, expectations and conditions. The combination of different methods and the strength of market forces have made the Swedish program for energy efficiency successful as a policy option. It has succeeded in establishing some sustainable changes on the market. A key conclusion is that the success of any program is heavily dependent on the vigor with which it is managed and, in Sweden, supported by The National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK) and its trade allies. (NUTEK's activities were taken over the Swedish National Energy Administration as of January 1, 1998.) The different program designs, both more and less successful, are highlighted below with examples. The overall list of procurements, their performance and methods are given in the appendixes. Appendix 1 has a full list of the technology procurement programs and their performance. Appendix 2 has a full list of the activity packages that have followed each of the procurements.

• Research Organization: Swedish National Energy Administration (SE)
• OSTI ID: 20001783
• Report Number(s): CONF-980815--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY POLICY
INDUSTRY
MARKET
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SWEDEN