Sweden's Energy Communities
By becoming self-sufficient together and consuming electricity close to its source, we create eco-friendly, fair, and sustainable energy supply for our future.
Energy communities contribute to local production of electricity and heat, thereby relieving the national grid. An energy community is a new type of market actor where people join forces to plan for renewable energy and invest in solar power, heating, wind energy, EV charging stations, energy storage, and smart control. Organizing is usually easiest through an economic association or a registered cooperative.
WE ARE A MEMBER AND PARTNER ORGANIZATION working to ensure that 50% of Sweden’s municipalities will have at least one initiated energy community within three years.
We need an energy system where the consumer becomes an active participant, not a passive recipient. The monopoly structure must change to support flexibility, local ownership, and smarter energy use.
For this, more roles are needed than just network owners and traditional electricity trading companies.
Aggregators that collect small flexibility resources
Local energy communities manage local production and consumption
Our Services
We help you succeed with your energy community, whether you are individuals, municipalities, or organizations
For you as private person
For private individuals, we introduce to groups the Roadmap that takes you through the challenge of starting up the energy community. Knowledge is the strongest tool together with creating room for real action locally. We help with dialogue with electricity grid companies, permit processes and available financial support in the start-up.
For municipals
For municipalities and energy public offices, we arrange knowledge hubs, on-site and online seminars, workshops for fulfillng community ideas throughout Sweden (target groups). We inspire about technology, collaborations, sustainability values and what the regulations allow today and what may affect us in the future. Knowledge and inspiration are extremely important.
For companies
For companies, the potential is almost limitless, we support groups of (SME) companies in many ways with tailor-made assignments. It may concern lobbying locally where new concepts and possibilities needs to be anchored in the start. We support with project management between those involved in housing areas, commercial premises, agriculture and in rural areas. We initiate collaborations you have not thought of.
"An energy community means that individuals, organizations, and businesses come together to jointly produce energy or develop other energy services. This form of organization allows people who have traditionally been consumers to unite and become both producers and consumers, sharing electricity with each other."
-Jenny Palm, professor in Lund, board member SVEG
A member and partner organization
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a platform for those involved in the local energy transition.
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a pioneer who shows the facts about the meaning of self-sufficiency.
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a member-driven organization for local support.
Our vision
We meet Sweden’s growing energy needs by engaging people to produce and consume energy together.
Our goal
50% of Sweden’s municipalities will have at least one initiated energy community within three years.
Our values
Environmentally friendly, fair, and sustainable electricity supply through local ownership and shared surplus.
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An energy community is for homeowners, businesses, builders, multi-family houses, associations, if you have a solar panel system, lead an energy cooperative, or operate a business in your own premises.
One of the principles of EU directives:
"Consumers should be able to consume, store, and sell self-produced electricity to the market and participate in all electricity markets by providing flexibility to the system, for example through self-energy trading, energy storage, joint demand management, or through energy-efficient systems."
Benefits for the individual
Lower energy costs
Shared investment
Reduced carbon emissions
Increased influence and participation
Access to new technology
Collective self-sufficiency in electricity
Resilience in times of energy crisis
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Unique partners
matched with partners in our network
Tools & Knowledge
Get the tools to unlock the benefits and potential
The Energy Nest
Exchange on technologies that empower people
External funding
Support in finding and applying for funding.
Free advisory services
Advice and support through the Energy Help portal.
Crash courses & training
Join our sessions or host your own
Member information
Exciting updates every second month.
Energy Community of the Year
Apply for the award for Best Municipality.