OECD Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels: Country Notes
This new web format for Country Notes on Fossil Fuel Support provides interactive on-line access to the latest data from the OECD Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels by country – identifying and estimating the value of support arising from policies that encourage the production or consumption of fossil fuels. The web version allows users to download, share and play with the data. Interactive graphics enable data visualisation, in national currency, by beneficiary and by energy product. These Country Notes provide, for each of the 50 economies covered in the Inventory, a snapshot of energy market structure, the current state of energy prices and taxes, and recent developments and trends in fossil fuel support. Data and country notes for the EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries have been collected and prepared as part of the GREEN Action Task Force.
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Sweden
Sweden has minimal fossil-energy resources and relies on imported oil and natural gas. At the same time, the country possesses important supplies of renewable energy, mainly in the form of biomass and hydropower. Non-fossil energy sources, including nuclear power, contribute two-thirds of supply, the highest share of any OECD country after Iceland, making electricity generation nearly CO2-free. Energy intensity — measured as the amount of energy consumed per unit of GDP — is relatively high due to the presence of a large energy-intensive industry sector, the country’s climate, and its sparse population.
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