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Towards a Fossil Fuel Free Växjö
Presentation at in Freiburg June 14th 2007
Lars Ehrlén Växjö Energy Ltd
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This is Växjö

• Municipal profile
• Population 78 300
• Land area 1674 km2
• City budget 300 million Euro
• Pioneering city
• Entrepreneurial region
• Close to the forest

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Fossil Fuel Free Växjö
Vision

• We have the vision of a fossil fuel free Växjö,
  where our energy consumption does not lead to any
  climate change.

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Fossil Fuel Free Växjö

• Goals to strive towards
• to use energy from renewable sources of energy.
• to use energy efficiently.
• to go over to a fossil fuel free transport system.

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Fossil Fuel Free Växjö

• Goal to achieve
• Reduce the emissions of fossil carbon dioxide
  per capita by 50 till 2010 and by 70 till
  2025 compared with 1993.

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Fossil carbon dioxide emissions per capita in
Växjö (kg CO2)
Total
Transport
Goal 2010
Goal 2025
Heating
Electricity
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District heatingin Växjö
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Small scale district heating bioenergy plants in
the villages of Lammhult, Braås, Rottne and
Ingelstad
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Växjö Energy Ltd

• First boiler for biomass 1980
• First CHP plant for biomass 1984
• 100 MW CHP plant for biomass 1997

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Main reasons for introducing bioenergy in the
80s

• oil crisis very expensive energy for
  inhabitants
• renewable fuel
• local and reliable supply
• local jobs
• income to local forest owners, saw mills and
  contractors
• tax income to the municipality
• transparency and democratic control of the energy
  system

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Fuel mix at the Sandvik plant
GWhEnergy input
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Energy Efficient wood houses by the lake
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Transport - actions

• Municipal car-sharing with environmentally
  adapted cars.
• Good network of cycle paths. Sign posts for
  easier navigation on the cycle paths.
• Education in eco-driving.
• Positioning systems at local forwarding and taxi
  companies.
• Free parking for environmentally adapted cars.
• Major travel habit survey
• Development of a transport strategy
• Increased biogas production, to be used for
  vehicles.

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Växjö Värnamo Biomass Gasification Centre (VVBGC)

• Non-profit making projectbased company
• Large-scale test platform
• European biomass gasification centre

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Energy supply 2005 50 renewables
Totally 2479 GWh
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City of Växjö - Award Winner
2000 Local Initiatives Awards Winner for
Excellence in Atmospheric Protection
2007 City of Växjö received Sustainable Energy
Europe Award 2007 in the category Sustainable
Community. Fossil Fuel Free programme is an
overall program to reduce human impact on global
climate change.
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The biobased economy in Växjö today and future
Vehicle fuel DME
Cosmetics
Biomass
Ash
Packaging
Gasification to synthesis gas
District heating and power
Sawmill and pulp
Paper
Building material
Antioxidantes
Chemicals
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Bo Frank, Mayor of Växjö

• Do you take responsibility?
• Are you waiting for someone else to act?
• Do you know how much carbon dioxide your car
  emits per kilometer?

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Thank you for listening!

• For more information
• www.vaxjo.se
• www.veab.se