Mapping energy crop cultivation and identifying motivational factors among Swedish farmers

► Options, areal extent and Swedish farmers' conditions to produce energy crops. ► Meta-study on drivers and barriers to cultivate based on motivational factors. ► 13 energy-related crops available; straw, oil crops and wheat cover largest areas. ► Going from annual to perennial crops and changing production systems are barriers. ► Crucial issues are economic gains but also values, knowledge and legal conditions.