'The proportion of renewable energy used in Sweden has increased
from 34% in 1990 to 44.4% in 2010, and today has the highest
proportion of renewable energy in the EU, with a goal to reach
49% by 2020' Sweden has about 3.1 million households at an
average size of 2.9 persons per household. There are four
housing sectors in Sweden: owner occupied, private tenants,
social tenants, and housing cooperatives. In 2004, owner-
occupied dwellings accounted for about 40% of the housing
market, while social, private tenants and cooperatives each
accounted for 20%. In comparison to other OECD countries, the
Swedish per capita electricity consumption is very high, due to
a high share of energy intensive industry and electricity use
for household heating. Despite this, per capita emissions are
very low, as a result of extensive use of hydropower and biomass
energy. Following the 1996 Chernobyl incident, the future of
nuclear energy in the country has remained a major energy policy
question, as no decisions have been made t