Environmental work

Our vision is that we shall actively contribute towards the development of a sustainable society in Göteborg.

We realise our vision in that the energy we convert and deliver consumes a minimum of natural resources and leads to low emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.

The single most important environmental issue is that our operations must contribute as little as possible to the greenhouse effect. We do this in several ways, the most important environmental of which are the types of energy and fuel we use, and the technology we use in our production plants.

Waste heat for production of district heating

For the production of hot water in the district heating system we primarily use waste heat from industries and the incineration of refuse. Waste heat accounts for 86 per cent of the fuel mix for district heat production.

The diagram shows the total production of heat and emissions from Göteborg Energi from 1973.