Wind power investments down in Sweden
Sweden’s wind power investments are slowing down, as there were no new orders for wind turbines in the second quarter, Swedish Radio News reports.
This is the first time this has happened since 2012, when wind power trade organization Svensk Vindenergi started tracking the developments of the sector in Sweden.
Last year, the installation of wind turbines peaked according to Svensk Vinderengi. The first quarter of 2015 followed the same trend, but then it stopped in April, May and June.
Record low
Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently record low.
Frank Krönert, power market expert at Sweco, a consultancy group, is not surprised investments are decreasing.
“It was foreseeable that the market eventually would react to the situation, with low prices and subsidies, and the outlook for these two aren’t great,” he says.
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