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Biofuel Production Will Not Significantly Affect Forestry Market

Guest Contributor — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 05:45:33 +0000

An international team of researchers has been studying how an expanding Swedish biorefinery industry will affect the availability and price of wood. The large-scale implementation of biorefineries to produce biofuel is a key element of the country’s plans to expand their bio-economy. Biorefineries are able to produce biofuels and chemicals from biomass such as wood […]

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Sweden’s 2-Kilometer Electrified Road Allows World’s First EV Charging En Route

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:36:58 +0000

“Why should we invest in electrified roads? The answer is easy: we want to contribute to sustainable infrastructure. By electrifying roads, existing infrastructure can be utilized to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions,” writes eRoad Arlanda on their website. Aside from reducing vehicular greenhouse gas emissions, electrification of roads also aims to facilitate achieving energy […]

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Sweden Slashes Solar Power Tax Following Opposition

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:42:44 +0000

While Trump heavily denies climate change and everything related to it, Sweden now wants to slash taxes on solar power, because they too have faced heavy criticism from environmental experts and the government’s opposition. The tax isn’t old, however. It’s only been introduced this year on the basis that EU laws require it and only […]

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Sweden Encourages Repairing of Goods by Pollution-Lowering Tax Breaks

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 20:16:29 +0000

Today’s consumeristic world teaches and encourages everyone to buy, use and then throw away at the first scratch or when a slightly newer version of the object appears on the market. This is the case of electronics, low-quality plastic goods, paper and so on. Sweden, on the other hand, is a country that apparently has […]

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The Incredible 99% Percent of Sweden’s Waste Is Recycled or Reused

Mila Luleva — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:27:34 +0000

Sweden’s waste-to-energy program is going strong, as the country announces that now only 1 percent of their waste goes to landfills, while the remaining 99% are reused or recycled. About two years ago, all news feeds were flooded with the announcement that Sweden does not have enough waste on the country’s territory to maintain their […]

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Swedish City Rents Bikes for Free to Make You Leave the Car Behind

Mila Luleva — Sat, 24 May 2014 10:55:51 +0000

If you liked the news about Madrid offering electric bikes for rent to make people leave the car at home, wait until you read this. The Swedish city of Gothenburg is not wasting time with persuading people to pay for cycling. Instead, they are simply giving the bikes for free for a period of six months, […]

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Sustainable Sweden Gets More People to Ride Bikes

Benji Jerew — Thu, 08 May 2014 19:46:32 +0000

Depending on where you live, if you think “bike,” you might not think “sustainable transportation.” Like many, you might associate “bike” with “recreation” or even “toy,” which is probably why many people don’t see them as legitimate forms of sustainable transportation. By extension, many people don’t make the leap to seeing sustainable transportation, in the […]

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Sweden Reduces European Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Importing Waste

Mila Luleva — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:58:05 +0000

With all these heated discussions going on across Europe about handling and dumping waste, it is almost unbelievable that Sweden is facing the exact opposite problem- there is not enough garbage. The country has long history of recycling and incinerating waste, to the point that they have much more waste-to-energy incinerators than there is a […]

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Energy Ball: New Swedish Wind Power for Your Green Home

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:38:27 +0000

A Swedish company called Home Energy is working with alternative energy sources such as solar, wind and bio-energy. One of their products is called the Energy Ball. It is practically a small wind turbine. The wind turbine they designed is suitable for home of small office use. So, if you have a passion for going green these days, this could be a way to follow it!

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