Energy in Sweden
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Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. Within the context of the European Union''s 2009 Renewables Directive, Sweden was working towards reaching a 49% share of renewable energy in gross final consumption of energy - electricity, heating/cooling, and transportation - by 2020. Eurostat reported that Sweden had already exceeded the Directive''s 2020 target in 2014 reaching 52.6
