“Electricity
production
from
wind
power
contributed
to
lower
prices
on
electricity
and
reduced
climate
emissions
from
coal-fired
power
plants
from
our
neighbours,”
says
Annika
Helker
Lundström,
chief
executive
at
SWEA.
Wind
production
in
Sweden
has
nearly
tripled
since
2009,
and
increased
more
than
seven-fold
since
2006.
SWEA
believes
wind
could
produce
11TWh
by
2014,
but
says
with
the
current
level
of
ambition
in
the
Electricity
Certificate
System
–
the
government’s
market-based
support
system
for
expansion
of
renewable
energy
–
that
figure
won’t
be
achieved
until
2020.
“Wind
power
increases
competition
in
the
electricity
market,
it
creates
security
of
supply
and
provides
the…
