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Focus Bioenergy No 2 2004: Wood fuels - an important part of the energy system
Today wood fuels are well established in the Swedish energy system. The sector is big, growing fast and can become much larger. Since 1980 wood fuels have five-folded their share in Sweden’s energy provision.This has contributed to a dramatic ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 3 2004: Forest industry - a major user and supplier of biofuels
Forest industry is a major user and supplier of biofuels. Sawmills use bark and shavings internally as fuel. The surplus goes to district heating plants, production of refined biofuels and the board industry. Other residual products from the ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 5 2004: Peat - a domestic fuel with advantages
Total peat volume in Sweden is estimated to 100 billion m2. However, a large part of these assets are situated in wetlands that are important for biodiversity. The total climate impact of peat depends on emissions at combustion, but also on whether ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 6 2004: Waste - a source of energy of growing significance
We have to use the earth’s resources sparingly. Waste products that society generates can be recycled or used as a source of energy. Heat and electricity from waste combustion and biogas from digestion contribute some 8 TWh annually in Sweden. ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 7 2004: Biofuels - heating for the future
Biofuels for heating of homes and properties is rapidly making headway. Environmentally friendly, comfortable and price-worthy small-scale heating with biofuels is done using pellets or briquettes. Changing an oil burner for a pellets burner or ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 8 2004: Biofuels for transports - making strong headway
The Swedish transport sector is dependent on imported oil. A switch to domestic bio-fuels for transports would make us less vulnerable, create jobs and be better for the environment. An EU directive from 2003 states that the share of biofuels or ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 9 2004: Reaching policy targets on energy and the environment
Industrial activities affect the environment in different ways. To deal with negative consequences on the environment, funding is required either from those who cause the damage or from society in general through taxation. In the competition for ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 10 2004: Good examples for a sustainable energy system
Over the past 25 years, bioenergy has become a large and obvious component of the Swedish energy system. There are applications of all scales, as gas or in solid or fluid forms used with modern and commercial technology. Biofuels are renewable fuels ...
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Focus Bioenergy No 1 2003: Bioenergy - a sustainable alternative
Sweden is heavily dependent on imports when it comes to energy. The imported fossil fuels contribute to global environmentalproblems. They need to be replacedwith sustainable renewable sources of energy such as bioenergy. Changing from fossil fuels ...