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		<title>Sweden plans 2,000 wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/05/sweden-plans-2000-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Swedish government has announced plans for the construction of 2,000 wind turbines over the next ten years, writes enterprise minister Maud Olofsson in an opinion article in Dagens Nyheter on Tuesday.
The goal is to increase electricity production from renewable energy sources by 25 terawatt hours by 2020. This can be compared with a total electricity production from Swedish nuclear power in 2009 of around 50 terawatt hours.
Olofsson explained that the expansion of renewable energy production will be stimulated by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County councils demand compensation for wind power turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Municipal authorities in the north of Sweden are upset over government plans to build thousands of wind turbines over the next few years.
The expected negative consequences on Norrland&#8217;s tourism and business from the wind turbines have led to ten municipalities to join forces and demand compensation from the government.
Locals claim that the areas in which wind power stations are planned will inevitably suffer financial losses. They argue that the landscape will be ruined and therefore have a detramental effect on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Swedes pull out of giant Baltic Sea wind project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/15/swedes-pull-out-of-giant-baltic-sea-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Sweden is dropping out of the giant Kriegers Flak wind project in the Baltic Sea, also involving Denmark and Germany, intended to be the first to combine offshore grid connection of wind power with cross border transmission capacity. 
Kriegers Flak  is an area of the Baltic Sea at the border between Germany, Denmark and Sweden. A giant wind farm with turbines in all three countries’ sectors was proposed to exploit good wind resources and link the grid-systems in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s largest wind farm for Sweden?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/11/25/worlds-largest-wind-farm-for-sweden-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Nov 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Swedish firm Markbygden Vind AB has its sights set on constructing and operating a massive wind farm at Markbygden, Pitea Municipality, Sweden. Their vision requires an area of around 450 square kilometres.
Markbygden and the high situated, western parts of Infjärden, west of Piteå are known to have excellent wind resources and being mostly sparsely populated, will have little impact on residents. Another major plus is that the area is crossed by large power cables, suitable for transportation of electricity from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Two wind turbines self-destruct in one week</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/11/03/two-wind-turbines-self-destruct-in-one-week/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Nov 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbine blades rip loose near Esbjerg and southwestern Sweden, one landing on a hiking path
A malfunction on a Vestas wind turbine in the town of Falkenberg on Sweden’s southwest coast could have resulted in tragedy, as one of the structure’s large blades flew off and landed on a track used by hikers.
Yesterday’s incident follows a similar one this weekend near Esbjerg, where a defective axel caused all of the blades on a 40m high turbine to rip loose, one .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Europe&#039;s biggest wind farm planned in Sweden</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/04/06/europes-biggest-wind-farm-planned-in-sweden/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Apr 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans to build the biggest wind farm in Europe are underway in Sweden after winning approval from a local county administrative board on Monday, officials said.
If the Swedish government gives its green light as well, a total of 1,101 wind turbines will be built in northern Sweden at an estimated cost of 55 billion kronor (6.9 billion dollars, 5.1 billion euros), the Norrbotten county administrative board said in a statement.
Its environmental assessment delegation recommended that the government give the Swedish .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power projects to be fast tracked</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/02/12/wind-power-projects-to-be-fast-tracked/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Feb 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[It may become easier to build more wind power in Sweden. The government is proposing to scrap the requirement for detailed plans and planning permission if the wind power facility has been approved under environmental law.  
The local authorities will still be able to reject projects that have been approved, but the government would have the right to override those decisions, should the project be deemed of significant national importance.  
Sveriges Radio International 
12 February 2009 
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		<title>Sweden set to announce new energy policy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/02/05/sweden-set-to-announce-new-energy-policy/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Feb 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Sweden&#8217;s government said it would hold a news conference on Thursday to present an energy and climate deal following a news agency report that the country is set to cancel a ban on developing new nuclear power plants.
The news conference has been scheduled for 0930 GMT.
Sweden&#8217;s coalition government has agreed to cancel a ban on nuclear power development, Swedish news agency TT said on Thursday, citing sources.
&#8220;The deal means that new nuclear plants may be built where there are such .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill park under planning in Västerbotten</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/01/29/windmill-park-under-planning-in-vasterbotten/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jan 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind farm with 30 generators are under planning in the northern Swedish municipality of Vindeln
The plans are to be presented to the local population in a meeting today, newspaper Västerbotten Kuriren reports.
The municipality of Vindeln is located in the Västerbotten County. It has about 6000 inhabitants.
There are several wind energy projects both under building and planning in northern Sweden. In December last year, a park with 18 windmills opened in Bliekevare, Västerbotten county. 
Barents Observer 
29 January 2009 
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		<title>Nej till vindkraftverk på Ljusterö</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/01/10/nej-till-vindkraftverk-pa-ljustero/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jan 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Bygg ute till havs istället på den populära skärgårdsön Ljusterö norr om Stockholm planeras 24 vindkraftverk 150 meter höga. De kommer att dominera ön och den omgivande skärgården. Vi vill inte bli försökskaniner för störande vindkraft nära våra hus, skriver tio Ljusteröbor, som oroas för buller, hälsa och miljö.   
Sex mil från Stockholm ligger Ljusterö, ett unikt område i Stockholms mellersta skärgård. 
Ön erbjuder orörd natur, kultur- och fritidsaktiviteter samt nödvändig tystnad och rekreation. Här planeras totalt 24 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power leads to dispute over power distribution</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/12/29/wind-power-leads-to-dispute-over-power-distribution/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Dec 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Swedish government wants to build more Wind Power Stations, but even though there is consensus about it on national level, there is local resistance. 
According to Swedish law, municipalities and not the state, have the right to decide about the land within its ‘borders’ and what shall be built there. This has led to slower expansion of Wind Power than the government would wish, writes Svenska Dagbladet. Many people are hesitant to wind power stations near their homes, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Licence application for six wind farms submitted</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/12/25/licence-application-for-six-wind-farms-submitted/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Dec 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[An extensive licence application has been submitted to the Västernorrland and Jämtland county administrative boards by Statkraft SCA Vind AB. The objective is to build six wind farms including 455 wind turbines.  
After an intensive process during the year, Statkraft SCA Vind AB submitted a licence application, which in itself weighed 15 kilos, to build six wind farms in central Sweden on December 19. The total effect will amount to 1,140 megawatt and the power production is expected to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power a disaster for reindeer husbandry</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/04/wind-power-a-disaster-for-reindeer-husbandry/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Nov 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Norwegian company Fred Olsen Renewables has received rights for two years to examine the possibility of a windmill park in Stekenjokk in Västerbotten. Tomas Nejne, leader of the Vilhelmina Southern sameby (Sami village) is quoted as saying to the regional newspaper 
    We hoped to the end, that our interests would come first. For us reindeer herders, if the exploitation of Stekenjokk goes ahead, it will be a disaster and we will resist all attempts until .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Vindkraft katastrof för renägare&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/04/vindkraft-katastrof-for-renagare/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Nov 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Nu är det klart. Norska vindkraftsbolaget Fred Olsen Renewables får med ensamrätt under två år undersöka förutsättningarna för en vindkraftspark på Stekenjokk. Tomas Nejne, ordförande i Vilhelmina södra sameby, är upprörd. 
- Vi har hoppats in i det sista att våra intressen skulle komma i första rummet. För oss renägare blir en exploatering av Stekenjokk detsamma som en katastrof och vi kommer därför att motarbeta alla försök till dess vi går i konkurs, säger han. 
Avtalsinnehållet har stötts och blötts .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Reindeer herders fear wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/09/reindeer-herders-fear-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Oct 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bessaker wind power station in the Fosen region in the southernmost parts of reindeer husbandry in Norway has just opened and was visited by reindeer herders from Norway and Sweden (in Jamtland and Trondelag) who fear the impact that it will have (there are plans for large expansion) on reindeer and loss of pastures. There is also wind power development on the Swedish side of the border and reindeer herders are feeling squeezed according to reindeer herder Arvid Jaama .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fraråder ungdom å bli i reindrifta</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/06/frarader-ungdom-a-bli-i-reindrifta/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Sist helg ble Bessaker vindkraftstasjon på Fosen halvøya i Nord-Trøndelag offisielt åpnet. Dette er den nest største vindkraftparken i hele Norge. 
Like etter åpningen møttes norske og svenske reindriftsutøvere til befaring på Fosenhalvøya. De frykter at det vil skje ytterligere vindkraftutbygging i dette området, noe som de mener vil føre til slutten for reindrifta. 
Hardt presset
Også på svensk side i Jämland har det blitt bygget ut flere vindkraftanlegg de siste årene og flere er under planlegging.
Derfor har reindriftsinterresser på begge .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Something in the wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/06/something-in-the-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Swedish state-owned energy firm Vattenfall has bought all of the assets of AMEC Wind Energy in a £126.6m deal. 
Vattenfall and AMEC have also entered into an alliance to develop the existing wind projects in the AMEC portfolio, and to develop new wind projects in the UK. 
In the UK, Vattenfall already owns and operates the Kentish Flats offshore wind farm, which has a capacity of 90MW, and has recently announced it intends to make an offer to acquire Eclipse .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Reindeer herding Sami in Sweden demand wind power profits</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/01/reindeer-herding-sami-in-sweden-demand-wind-power-profits/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Oct 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Although on paper, Sami reindeer herders have a statutory right to graze their reindeer over half the surface of Sweden, in practice, industrial activities such as mining, hydropower, logging, infrastructure and the new kid on the block, windpower development culminate in a progressive loss and fragmentation of pastures. 
There are now 14 wind power parks planned on paper that are in areas of reindeer husbandry in Sweden. The largest wind park in the world (by German company Svevind) is planned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sami community demands wind power profits</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/25/sami-community-demands-wind-power-profits/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Sep 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Sami community in northern Sweden demands shares of wind power profits as compensation for damages inflicted on their their area by wind power production. 
One of the largest wind power fields in the world will soon be located in the Swedish Sami settlements of East Kikkejaurs in Piteå municipality. Up to a 1000 wind turbines are estimated to produce power for about two million households. Germany-based Svevind is behind the plans.The area is home to Sami reindeer herding communities .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Samer kräver del av vinst från vindkraft</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/21/samer-kraver-del-av-vinst-fran-vindkraft/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Sep 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Vindkraften exploderar i Norrland. För markägarna är det en bra affär. Men de renskötande samerna, som har en lagstadgad nyttjanderätt till nästan halva Sveriges yta, riskerar att bli utan en ordentlig ersättning för intrånget. Nu kräver även de en del av kakan. 
 Renskötaren Patrik Lundgren har just nu bråda dagar. Han och de övriga medlemmarna i Östra Kikkejaurs sameby driver in sina renar inför höstslakten utanför Arvidsjaur.
Om några månader väntar vandringen mot kusten och de livsnödvändiga vinterbetesmarkerna. Där, genom .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden will install more windmills to meet increasing demand</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/24/sweden-will-install-more-windmills-to-meet-increasing-demand/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Sweden has to install at least 200 new windmills every year till 2020 to meet the demand from the European Union which requires a higher proportion of renewable energy, according to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet report.
The EU&#8217;s goal is to increase renewable energy from 40% to 49% by 2020. That means Swedish wind energy must increase 25 times from the current SEK 1 Twh.
&#8220;We are seeing record growth in investments in wind power. We are now working to catch .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms threat to reindeer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/06/wind-farms-threat-to-reindeer/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Reindeer migration routes could be under threat from wind farms, it has been claimed.
However, the reindeer in question are not in Moray but in Sweden.
The impact of wind farm development on traditional paths followed by the reindeer every year are a major concern in Scandinavia, local planners were told this week.
The effect on tourism is another issue under discussion, members of a Swedish fact-finding mission told Moray Council.
A party of 27 political leaders, planners, academics and reindeer owners met the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Swedes learn from Moray’s experiences; Delegation gathers information on windfarm consultations</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/03/swedes-learn-from-moray%e2%80%99s-experiences-delegation-gathers-information-on-windfarm-consultations/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jun 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of Swedish delegates visited Moray yesterday to learn about the region’s experiences with windfarms.
A 27-strong party from the central part of the Scandinavian country met representatives from Moray Council to find out how the local authority has dealt with applications and consultations for wind turbines.
Moray has two hillside windfarms in operation — at Paul’s Hill near Charleston of Aberlour and Cairn Uish at Rothes.
Sweden relies on hydro-electric schemes and nuclear plants for its energy, and has a handful .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Swedish government OKs plan for 860 megawatt offshore wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/27/swedish-government-oks-plan-for-860-megawatt-offshore-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 19:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 May 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Sweden&#8217;s government Tuesday approved the building of the country&#8217;s largest offshore wind farm, the environment ministry said in a statement.
&#8220;The government has authorized the building&#8230;of a maximum of 108 wind turbines measuring at most 200 metres, and with a capacity of 860 megawatts,&#8221; the ministry said.
Although there are several giant wind farm projects in the works around the world, the largest existing offshore wind farm is a 750-MW spread in Texas, while total global offshore wind capacity amounts to just .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change plea from tribe of herders who face extinction</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/10/climate-change-plea-from-tribe-of-herders-who-face-extinction/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 May 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[In another threat, wind turbines and hydroelectric dams have sprung up in reindeer herding areas that had been protected, cutting grazing and forcing the Sami off their traditional land.
Olav Mathias-Eira is a reindeer-herder. So was his father. And his father&#8217;s father. He is a member of the Sami community, one of the largest indigenous groups remaining in Europe, and his family have been herding reindeer in the same stretch of the Norwegian Arctic since the 1400s.
But, because of climate change, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Dong Energy to build 30 MW wind farm in Sweden</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/02/08/dong-energy-to-build-30-mw-wind-farm-in-sweden/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Feb 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Dong Energy AS, Denmark&#8217;s majority state-owned, largest power and heat generator, said it has decided to build and operate a 30 MW wind farm in Krokom, Sweden.
The total investment is seen at 275 mln dkr.
The Storrun wind farm, which will consist of 12 2.5 MW wind turbines, is scheduled to commence production at the end of 2009.
&#8216;The decision to build the Storrun wind farm is part of Dong Energy&#8217;s strategy to expand within renewable energy in Northern Europe,&#8217; group chief .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blade flew 40 meters [Vingen flög 40 meter]</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/01/31/blade-flew-40-meters-vingen-flog-40-meter/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jan 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Ett flera ton tungt rotorblad lossnade från vindkraftverk
[The several-ton rotor blade broke off from a wind turbine last Friday morning on Gotland. "People walk with their dogs in this area!" said Hardy Pettersson of Nãs. The blade created a meter-deep crater. The turbine is one of a group of nine installed in 2002. They are Vestas V52 models rated at 850 kW. Each rotor blade is 25 meters long and weights several tons. The detached blade landed 40 meters from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy is not an end in itself</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/01/28/renewable-energy-is-not-an-end-in-itself/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jan 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Sir, In the climate initiative announced last week by the European Commission, a difficult requirement for many countries will be the separate goal for the share of renewable energy. This goal will lead to perverse consequences when combined with the goal for the total emissions of carbon dioxide. Requiring an increase of the share of renewables with given total emissions of carbon dioxide is the same as requiring an increase in energy consumption.
For example, many of the houses in Sweden .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden handed toughest green target</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/01/24/sweden-handed-toughest-green-target/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jan 2008</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Under the European Commission&#8217;s proposals, each European Union state has its own legally binding target for increasing the share of renewables, such as wind and solar power, in its energy mix.
At the top of the scale, Sweden, which already generates most of its electricity from nuclear and hydro-electric power, is being asked to raise renewables to 49 per cent of the country&#8217;s overall energy use. At the lower end of the scale, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Hungary are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New wind power goals:  More windmills may be on Sweden’s horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/11/30/new-wind-power-goals-more-windmills-may-be-on-sweden%e2%80%99s-horizon/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Nov 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Writing in Friday’s Dagens Nyheter, the Swedish Energy Agency’s Director-General Thomas Korsfeldt and project manager Klas Tennberg say Sweden needs 6000 new wind power plants in order to reach European Union renewable energy goals.
When it comes to wind power, Sweden’s current annual output is 1.4 terawatts an hour from 800 plants.  The national Energy Agency suggests a goal of 30 TWh by 2020.  That’s trippling the goal currently in place.
There are a few hurdles before the wind lights .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden turns to a promising, but flawed, power source</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/11/23/sweden-turns-to-a-promising-but-flawed-power-source/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Nov 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[MALMO, Sweden: Steadying himself on the heaving foredeck of an inspection ship recently, his face flecked by spray, Arne Floderus pronounced it a good day for his new offshore wind farm.
A 30-mile-an-hour wind was twirling the fingerlike blades of a turbine 380 feet above his head. Around him, a field of turbines rotated in a synchronized ballet that, when fully connected to an electrical grid, would generate enough power to light 60,000 nearby houses.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve created a new landmark,&#8221; said Floderus, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vattenfall, Sveaskog say form wind power venture</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/11/17/vattenfall-sveaskog-say-form-wind-power-venture/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Nov 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Swedish utility Vattenfall and forest owner Sveaskog said on Friday they plan to join forces to build up to 550 wind farms in southern Sweden.
The firms said the agreement concerned land in Halland, Vastra Gotaland, Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge counties and could result in plants with a total 1,500 megawatts.
&#8220;That is 40 percent more than any other wind power project in Sweden. The 4 TWh (per year) in which the investments could result correspond to around 3 percent of Sweden&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden&#039;s SCA, Norway&#039;s Statkraft in &#36;2.4 billion wind power venture</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/09/14/swedens-sca-norways-statkraft-in-24-billion-wind-power-venture/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Sep 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Swedish package and paper products company Svenska Cellulosa AB and Norwegian power company Statkraft Friday said they would invest 16 billion kronor (€1.73 billion; US&#36;2.4 billion) in wind power in northern Sweden.
The companies said the wind power venture would involve production of 2,800 gigawatt hours, or GWh, of wind power electricity a year, accounting for between two to three percent of Sweden&#8217;s electricity production.
The joint venture will consist of around 400 windmills in seven wind farms in northern Sweden. Statkraft .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Industry Minister: building wind farms &#039;must be made easier&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/08/04/industry-minister-building-wind-farms-must-be-made-easier/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Aug 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Winning planning consent for wind farms must be made easier, the government has said. Objections by local residents and councils can delay projects by several years.
Industry Minister Maud Olofsson is now demanding a change to the law:
&#8220;We cannot have lots of cases in the courts all the time. Fundamentally, we need a planning law that is easier and quicker,&#8221; she told SVT.
The government is to set up an inquiry to carry out a review of regulations and make proposals for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Go-ahead for Swedish wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/07/13/go-ahead-for-swedish-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jul 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Administrative Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from the Swedish Municipality of Velling and granted Vattenfall permission to complete the construction of Lillgrund Wind Farm at a planned height of 115m.
‘We are happy to be able to complete construction using the increased height. Ten metres cannot be seen with the naked eye at this distance from land, but these 10 metres are important to the generation capacity of the wind power plants which increases by one per cent .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fortum plans 50-50 wind farm JV in Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Finnish utility Fortum said it is planning a 50-50 wind farm joint venture with Orsa Besparingsskog, a land and forest cooperative in Sweden.
The venture would spend between 22-33 mln eur on up to eight 2-3 megawatt wind power plants in the Orsa Finnmark area of the province of Dalarna in central Sweden.
Fortum said the investment would be part of a long-term plan to raise its &#8216;environmentally-benign&#8217; power generation capacity.
Most of the 7 bln eur Fortum has spent on CO2-free capacity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How to boost wind power development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/03/24/how-to-boost-wind-power-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Mar 2007</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The European Union&#8217;s current goal is to increase the share of electricity produced from renewable energy sources by up to 22% by 2010. In line with European objectives, in 2002 the Swedish government adopted a national planning goal of yearly electricity production from wind power of 10 TWh by 2015, which implied a substantial increase from the 0.851 TWh level of 2005. In spite of these policy goals and measures, wind power has achieved considerably more modest results in Sweden .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Sweden set for wind power duel</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2006/12/30/northern-sweden-set-for-wind-power-duel/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Dec 2006</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Two companies are fighting for the right to build wind turbines at BlaikfjÃ¤llet in northern Sweden. Skelleftekraft and Svevind each want to built around 120 turbines.
&#8220;BlaikfjÃ¤llet is very well suited to wind turbines. There is already a connection to the national electricity grid from Juktan power station, and the wind conditions are also favourable,&#8221; Mikael Kyrk from Svevind told VÃ¤sterbottens-Kuriren.
&#8220;But there is not enough room for two projects at the same time.
&#8220;It might be possible to coordinate the projects but .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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