News and press releases

Today the Swedish Energy Agency has issued a call for CDM proposals.

The Swedish Energy Agency has granted I-Tech AB a conditional loan of SEK 7,965,000 to work on Selektope, a product that prevents acorn barnacles from adhering to ship hulls. As a result, the maritime industry will have less need for fossil fuels.

During 2011, there was a decrease in the energy used in a number of sectors, above all within Sweden's most energy intensive industry – the pulp and paper sector. The total decrease in energy consumption within the sector was 2 per cent as opposed to the 10 per cent decrease in 2010 following the recession.

The EU Commission has made a ruling on the amount of electricity that computers and servers are allowed to use. Even more electricity can be saved by those consumers who choose to purchase an Energy Star-marked computer.

In a year's time, there will be a ceiling for how much electricity a vacuum cleaner is allowed to use. At the same time, there will be rules on how well they are to clean and how much noise they are allowed to make. These rules have been passed by the EU.