Heat pumps in Sweden – A historical review

Petter Johansson

Energy, 2021, vol. 229, issue C

Abstract: Sweden has one of Europe's highest levels of heat pump utilisation. The aim of this paper is to give a comprehensive review of heat pump developments in Sweden since the 1970s. The review includes market, energy system, policy & institutional and technological-industrial contexts. A rapid expansion of heat pumps in Sweden was preceded by a two-decade period of industrial and entrepreneurial activity, academic research and government agency & electric utility interventions. The industrial context, electric utility support, academic continuity and technological-institutional alignment have contributed positively to the utilisation of heat pumps in Sweden.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120683

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