Today, Minister for Climate and Environment Romina Pourmokhtari (L) has submitted a report that is expected to contain proposals for compensation systems for how municipalities should be compensated when establishing wind power. It is the investigator Ulrika Liljeberg who submits the report "Strengthened incentives for expanded wind power".
The investigation was initiated on behalf of former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (S) government a year ago. The current government has backed the investigation. The incentive issue is considered a priority for the possibility of continued expansion of wind power. Romina Pourmokhtari said shortly after taking office last autumn that wind power is an important part of Sweden's energy mix and transition to completely fossil-free electricity production.
Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) told SVT Nyheter that the municipalities should be paid for wind power.
"You have to make sure that the municipalities get sensible incentives," Kristersson said during a visit to Kramfors.
Compensation schemes for municipalities are already in place in several other countries. For example, in the municipality of Tornio in Finland, which has two wind farms with a total of 21 wind turbines, wind power collects the equivalent of just over SEK 4.5 million in property taxes to the municipality each year.