Energy

Speech by Sweden's Industry Minister at European Offshore Wind Conference
Sweden's Minister of Industry, Ms. Maud Olofsson gave a speech in Germany on 4 December 2007, at the European Offshore Wind Conference.

Speech by Sweden's Minister for EU Affairs at international conference on energy security
Speech by Cecilia Malmström, Minister for EU Affairs, at the Vilnius Energy Security Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on October 11, 2007
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Speech by Sweden's Minister for Foreign Trade at international conference on biofuels
Speech by Sten Tolgfors, Minister for Foreign Trade (at the time), at the International Conference on Biofuels in Brussels, Belgium on July 5, 2007
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Speech at Polish-Swedish Bioenergy Conference
Sweden's Minister for Enterprise and Energy and Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Maud Olofsson gave a speech at the Polish-Swedish Bioenergy Conference in Warsaw on 30 May 2007.
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Creating a world market for biofuels
Sweden's Minister for Foreign Trade Sten Tolgfors is visiting Indonesia and Malaysia, both large potential biofuel producers, for talks on future production conditions.
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Speech by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to the Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence
Sweden's Prime Minister gave a speech to the Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence in Washington DC on 15 May 2007.
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OECD Ministerial Council welcomes Swedish-Dutch initiative on biofuels
The OECD ministerial meeting decided today to intensify work on biofuels, after a proposal submitted by Sweden and the Netherlands.
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The Swedish Government introduces green car rebate
The Government is introducing a rebate of 10 000 SEK (app. 1 500 CAD) to private individuals who buy a new green car. The rebate scheme will be in effect from 1 April 2007 until 31 December 2009.
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Swedes want more renewable energy
More people than ever in Sweden want the country to expand its use of environmentally friendly energy sources.
Read more on the website of Radio Sweden

Sweden’s National Energy Policies and the Sustainability Challenge
Presentations by Magnus Schönning, Embassy of Sweden and Anders Franzén, City of Växjö at Peel Region's 3rd Annual Summit on Municipal Energy Management.
See the following documents in the Related files' box:
– Sweden´s Energy Policies and the Sustainability Challenge
– Växjö - where energy matters
– Climate strategy Växjö

Switch fuel – cheaper ethanol good for the environment, article by Sweden's Minister for Foreign Trade
On 28 February 2007, Sten Tolgfors, Minister for Foreign Trade, published an article in Swedish daily "Nerikes Allehanda" on the importance of switching to greener fuels and to remove the tariffs for ethanol.
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Swedish Company Wins EU Sustainable Energy Award
Swedish producer of home appliances, Electrolux, won the European union award for Sustainable Energy.
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Sustainable Energy Europe

The One Big Thing - U.S. Embassy in Stockholm to Focus on Alternative Energy Cooperation.
The U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Michael Wood, has initiated a project to promote cooperation between Sweden and the United States on alternative energy. For more information, please check the following links;
The Local, 26 October 2006
Swedish Monthly Environmental Magazine, 19 October 2006
Press release, U.S. Embassy, 22 September 2006

"World Bioenergy 2006:Conference Demonstrates Sweden’s Bioenergy Know-How and Show-How — and the Power of Leadership".
Article by Susan M. Gardner in Municipal World, August 2006. (For the article see attached pdf document.)

"Swedish strategies"
Speech by First Secretary Magnus Schönning at the CDEA conference Thursday May 11, 2006.
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"Beyond Peak Oil"
Speech by Mona Sahlin, Minister of Sustainable Development, given at a conference in Washington DC, May 9,  2006.
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The road to Sweden's oil-free future
Article by David Wiles, editor of Sweden Today, published at sweden.se, March 31, 2006.
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Car tolls reduce Stockholm traffic
Article by Fredrik J M Andersson, freelance writer, published at sweden.se, March 24, 2006.
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Sweden's green secret
Article by the Ambassador of Sweden to Canada Lennart Alvin, in the Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 2005.
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Why the Swedish eyes are smiling
Article by the Ambassador of Sweden to Canada Lennart Alvin, in the Globe and Mail, May 25, 2005.
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