Cleantech
- Leader in renewable energy and sustainability
- System expertise in bioenergy
- At the forefront in second-generation cellulose based biofuels
- Innovative renewable energy companies
Leader in renewable energy and sustainability
With its advanced infrastructure, progressive mindset and ambitious capacity expansion plans, Sweden offers major investment opportunities in combined heat and power plants that use different types of biofuels and waste combustion. There are also exciting opportunities in cellulose-based biofuels and scores of innovative cleantech companies. Swedish firms have been specifically targeted by the United States as sources of innovation in alternative fuel technology.
Forty percent of energy consumption is today sourced from renewable energy resources, placing Sweden first among its European peers. Some 15 percent of all gas filling stations offer bioethanol (E85).
System expertise in bioenergy
Bioenergy accounts for more than 25 percent of national energy consumption. Municipalities, power utilities, district heating companies, the forest industry, wood fuel suppliers and the transport sector interact along a value chain which extends from raw materials to final use. Areas of Swedish excellence include bioenergy combinates, waste management and recycling, waste incineration and district heating.
At the forefront in second-generation cellulose based biofuels
Sweden leads the development of production technologies for second-generation renewable fuels. The country has the largest forested area in Europe, is the world’s largest manufacturer of heavy diesel engines and is home to a petrochemical industry that produces the world’s cleanestdiesel. In combination with a strong forest chemical industry, few countries are better suited to develop biofuels.
Innovative renewable energy companies
Swedish universities and R&D companies have developed cutting edge waste-to-fuel and engine technologies that may help industry to meet new standards and regulatory frameworks which emerge in response to concern over climate change. New technologies for black liquor gasification and biomass gasification are being pioneered to manufacture fuels such as dimethyl ether (DME), methanol, synthetic petrol, synthetic diesel and hydrogen gas.
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