Stockholm Exergis new environmental report shows that the city’s power plants let out 16.5 percent more greenhouse gases measured per kilowatt-hour last year, compared with 2017. Preliminary, it is a total of approximately 917.000 ton of carbon dioxide for the 2018 compared with 848.000 tons in 2017 – an increase of eight per cent.

in part that they had to use more oil and coal because of the lack of wood chips from the Baltic states. Last year was logging out due to extreme rain and the mild winter which meant that the land is not a bar for heavy duty vehicles. As extreme Swedish summer temperatures contributed to the district refrigeration network drew more electricity than expected.

– It may sound a lot but does not have as big an impact on climate because we expect that it is not permanent. Emissions will always vary with the weather, however, we must equip ourselves to climate change means that we often get more extreme weather, such as it that made that we did not get our bioflisleveranser from the Baltic states, ” says Ulf Wikström, sustainability manager.

” From a climate point of view, a hållbarhetscertifierat eucalyptus plantation in south America to be equivalent to or better than the wood chips from Sweden, in spite of the transports, therefore, that the fast-growing plantations absorb carbon dioxide faster. In addition was the option to use fossil fuel, which is worse, ” he says.

to compensate, the company has been forced to use more coal and especially oil in the production. In recent years, the coal purchased from the Russian company, whose owner is suspected of having links to money laundering in Swedbank.

We have audited Carbo One and see in our own report clear risksignaler linked to the company. We take into consideration the Mission of the Evaluation tasks for the new contract next värmesäsong, ” says Ulf Wikström.

years, the share of fossil fuel in district heating has increased from nine to twelve per cent. Despite the fact that the company promised to phase out all coal by 2022.

– Then one time varies emissions at a relatively stable level, but when the coal is being phased out in 2022, the entire district heating system to take a clear step towards lower emissions. It is too early to give a forecast for 2019. We hope that the increased sorting of plastic should have some effect, but there will be no major reductions in emissions until we dismantle the coal by 2022.

the use of biofuels and waste fuel. In order to be able to close the other significant in the Darkness in a sustainable way required a brand new biomass chp plant at Lövsta. But it will not be complete until 2022.

” Yes, Lövstaverket will be phased-in 2023-2024. There will be a gap, but we manage. We plan to link the district heating network in the northwest of Stockholm, with the grid in the city and can then bring into the district heating from the Hässelbyverket.

– It is difficult to say exactly how fast it can go to get clear the new power plant, but it is essential for us to achieve our goals and in addition be able to shut down the Hässelbyverket. We’ll go in with an application for an environmental permit in years, and there is a regulations for planning for the area, ” says Ulf Wikström.

the city of Stockholm and Fortum. Miljöborgarrådet Katarina Luhr (MP) is concerned that the emissions will increase.

” It is obviously very worrying. It is also a sign that we need to save energy. If we do not get enough renewable forest residues, it will be easy if we do not so much energy, ” says Catherine Luhr.

the city of Stockholm is expected to pass the milestone of 2.2 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per person by 2020, but on most fronts moving in the wrong direction.

” We need to increase the pace a bit. We can handle likely to the overall emissions target. But if everyone had done what they could and met all the objectives we had come much further.

the City’s goal to reduce energy use in own operations by 10% by 2020 will not be met. The increases in housing and buildings, in two years, with around five per cent.

” We have to work a lot more with energy efficiency in our new climate strategy. We have had a lot of focus on switching from fossil to renewable energy, ” says Catherine Luhr.

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