The construction and transport sector accounts for large parts of Sweden's carbon
dioxide emissions. The core that connects the two sectors is community planning.
There are several goals in Sweden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and an
intermediate goal is for Sweden's vehicle fleet to be fossil-free by 2030. Electric car use
is increasing every year and the future increase is expected to be explosive in the
coming years. In 2020, Sweden's vehicle fleet consisted of just over 300,000
chargeable vehicles and forecasts indicate that figure will be 2.5 million by 2030.
A prerequisite for all rechargeable vehicles to be able to roll is the availability of
charging stations. Even today, people suffer from range anxiety, and it is also a big
reason why people do not dare to make the shift to a chargeable vehicle. The charging
infrastructure is already underdeveloped and thus needs to be expanded properly to
meet both current and future needs. There is a need for both public charging stations
so that people can charge their vehicle at home and at their workplace, but also nonpublic
charging stations in all possible places available to the public. There are several
different structures to use while planning locations of charging stations such as
corridor structures along major roads or cluster structures within cities. Nowadays,
there are also legal requirements that ensure that charging stations and preparations
for charging stations will be installed.
The purpose of this project is to create an overall picture of current and future charging
infrastructure to help municipalities with strategy, goals and action plan for
implementation of charging infrastructure. The purpose is also to study various
sustainability aspects for charging infrastructure through Tyrén's sustainability tool
TyrImpact. The concrete environmental benefits that the shift from fossil cars to
chargeable vehicles entails regarding carbon dioxide reduction cannot be denied. On
the other hand, it is of interest to determine what other risks and opportunities the
charging infrastructure may entail from a broader sustainability perspective. This work
has identified 25 sustainability aspects in justice, health, climate and resource, site
values and future needs by using TyrImpact. A case study has been carried out on
Åmål's municipality's charging infrastructure to get a realistic picture of what a
municipal charging infrastructure looks like today and what their goals are, and partly
to see which sustainability aspects may be relevant within the municipality. For the
municipality of Åmål, aspects linked to flexibility and signal value are most important.