February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Bioenergy":
Business & Money: 10 Feb 11
Sweden does not generate enough rubbish and 600,000 tonnes of foreign refuse were imported in 2010 to meet demand from district heating plants.
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Society: 12 Oct 09
The bodies of thousands of rabbits culled every year from Stockholm parks are being used to fuel a heating plant in central Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Mar 09
Sweden’s continued opposition to a natural gas pipeline running along the floor of the Baltic Sea is more political than it is environmental, but that doesn’t make it any more rational, argues researcher Timo Kivimäki.
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Science & Technology: 11 Sep 08
A unique project set up to demonstrate the viability of DME as a new eco-friendly fuel was given the go-ahead by Volvo on Tuesday. If the BioDME scheme proves to be successful, DME could become a major fuel source in Sweden, writes Jennifer Heape.
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Business & Money: 7 Feb 08
Mikael Odenberg will take over as director general of Svenska Kraftnät.
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Politics: 11 Jan 08
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has called for the construction in Sweden of four new nuclear reactors.
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Business & Money: 12 Sep 07
Sweden has agreed to abolish a tax on ethanol, which it currently purchases from Brazil, under a biofuels accord signed with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Science & Technology: 11 Sep 07
Sweden is to increase spending on measures to combat climate change, the government has announced. Projects both in Sweden and abroad will benefit from the one billion kronor package.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 07
Biofuels, hailed by many as the green solution to offset a coming oil shortage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are not a cure-all solution, experts at a water conference in Stockholm warned this week.
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Business & Money: 15 Aug 07
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm hopes her upcoming trade trip to Sweden will help the state tap into Sweden's efforts to meet its energy needs entirely with renewable fuels by 2020.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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