In 2016, total energy consumption per capita was 5 toe, which is 59% above the EU average. At 13 300 kWh, the country's electricity consumption per capita is the second highest in the EU (2.5 times higher than the EU average).
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
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Sweden does not produce oil. In 2016 Sweden imported 14 Mt of crude oil, mainly from Russia (42%), Norway (24%) and Demark (14%). Sweden is a net exporter of refined products (around 4.6 Mt in 2016), since the country's refining production continuously exceeds its domestic demand.
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The consumption of oil products fell by 35% between 2002 and 2015 (-3.3%/year), bringing it to 10 Mt: 50% of the decrease occurred in industry, 33% in the residential/services sector and just 10% in transport. Oil consumption increased by 3% in 2016.
Since 2010 diesel is the most used...
The consumption of natural gas spiked from 1.1 bcm in 2009 to 1.6 bcm in 2010, due to a 68% rise in natural gas use for electricity production following the commissioning of the Öresund power plant. Consumption has fallen since then, partly due to the high hydropower production, bringing natural...
Coal consumption has been fluctuating around 4.5 Mt/year from 2001 to 2010 before falling by 25% in two years. Since 2012, coal consumption decreased by 3% per year to 3.2 Mt in 2016.
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (MT)
Electricity consumption has decreased between 2007 and 2014, representing a drop of 10 TWh. It stagnated in 2015and increased by 5% in 2016 up to 131 TWh. Two thirds of the 2007-2014 reduction came from industry, which contracted by 2.1%/year, on average, between 2007 and 2014, representing 80%...
STEM is also in charge of implementing the renewable energy policy and is the accounting authority for certificates and guarantees of origin since 2015.
According to the EU Directive on renewables, the national target is to increase the share of renewables in final...
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