Sweden has more than doubled the money available for residential and workplace solar rebates to SEK915m ($102m) from SEK390m. The government is also offering a new incentive of SEK 1,000 per household in order to encourage people to install rooftop solar. The maximum rebate available per project is SEK1.2m. Sweden's cumulative installed solar power capacity was 231 MW at the end of 2018.
Sweden has more than doubled the money available for residential and workplace solar rebates to SEK915m ($102m) from SEK390m. The aim of the extra money, available until the end of this year, is to boost growth and cut waiting periods for the rebates, which cover up to 30% of the cost of buying and installing PV systems at private homes, businesses and public organisations, up from 20% previously. The maximum rebate available per project is SEK1.2m. Sweden's cumulative installed solar power capacity was 231 MW at the end of 2018.