Concerns have been raised over the expansion of Swedish wind power after a report revealed there were no turbine orders in the first quarter of 2025.
The Swedish Wind Energy Association said the trend in recent years is that turbine orders have fallen continuously.
During the first quarter of 2025, no new investment decisions were made in Swedish wind power, according to the association’s statistics and forecast for wind power expansion.
However, the installed capacity of wind power continues to increase, with a total of about 1GW commissioned in 2024.
The report warned that while wind power in Sweden is growing, it is not in line with the industry’s needs.
Swedish Wind Energy’s head of electricity grid and electricity market Erik Almqvist said: “Now the expansion of electricity production and the demand for electricity are out of step.
“In addition, Sweden is going against the trend compared to Europe. To reverse this, strong and rapid measures are needed on both the production and consumption sides.
“More permits need to be issued and the electricity production that has been granted permits needs to be given more time to reach investment decisions.
“When the demand for more electricity gets underway, electrification cannot depend on already licensed projects having to enter into a new, protracted permit process.”
Wind power has the potential to grow further in the near future, the report said.
There are projects for 1815MW with all the necessary permits, but investment decisions have not yet been made.
With improved market conditions, these wind farms could be operational before 2030, the association said.
In the first quarter of 2025, wind power produced 12.1TWh, which means it accounted for about 26% of total electricity production.