Industry has welcomed the Swedish government’s proposals for a revenue sharing scheme for residents living close to wind farms.
Trade group Green Power Sweden said the submission of “concrete proposals” for the mechanism is an important step to increase local participation and create better conditions for renewable energy production.
Sweden’s Ministry of Climate and Enterprise has published a memorandum on the programme that is open to consultation until 18 December.
The proposals mean that people who live up to eight turbine heights from wind turbines will be able to share in a wind farm’s annual revenues.
Green Power Sweden lawyer Ina Müller Engelbrektson (pictured) said: “We are very pleased that the government is now submitting concrete proposals for one of the incentives that has long been requested.
“It is in everyone’s interest that a clear and transparent model for revenue sharing can be introduced as soon as possible. Green Power Sweden will now analyse the proposals in more detail for our consultation response.”
The trade group added that a lack of clear information about the scheme has contributed to high rates of municipal vetoes against wind farm projects in the country, with 26 out of 29 projects blocked between 1 January and 12 September 2025.