2. Outline
• Introduction
• Energy Efficiency From Renewable Motor Fuels in Sweden
• The Increased Use and Production of Energy Efficient
Vehicles in Sweden
• Conclusion
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3. Introduction
• Growing concerns about energy efficiency
• EU laws and targets associated with energy efficiency in the transport
sector.
• To comply, Sweden sustains energy efficiency in the transport sector
through the use and production of renewable motor fuels and energy
efficient vehicles.
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4. Energy Efficiency From Renewable Motor Fuels
The Swedish Energy Agency and
universities support biomass projects
such as
• Black liquor gasification in Piteå
• Gasification of biomass in Värnamo
• Ethanol from cellulose in
Örnsköldsvik
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5. Energy Efficiency From Renewable Motor Fuels
The Act (2005:1248) Concerning Requirement to Offer Renewable
Motor Fuels, known as The Pump Act, has brought about
The availability of renewable motor fuels
The use of renewable motor fuels
Carbon dioxide emissions
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6. Energy Efficiency From Renewable Motor Fuels
The use of renewable fuels
in the transport sector has
increased faster for a
decade.
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7. The Increased Use and Production of Energy Efficient
Vehicles
• Ethanol hybrid buses by Scania
• Electricity buses by Volvo
• Bio-gas buses by other
companies
• Biogas-powered trains
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9. References
• Swedish Energy Research Book 2009
• http://www.odyssee-indicators.org/publications/PDF/sweden_nr.pdf
• http://newsroom.scania.com/en-group/2009/10/15/innovative-hybrid-bus-conceptfrom-scania/
• http://inhabitat.com/volvo-unveils-new-noiseless-electric-buses-for-the-city-ofgothenburg-sweden/
• http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/article/scandinavia-boasts-world-s-firstbiogaspowered-train
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