Vattenfall - Did you know...

Did you know…?

80 per cent of the world's total energy, and about 65 per cent of the world's electricity, is currently generated by fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas).

Approximately 60 per cent of Vattenfall’s total electricity generation is based on carbon dioxide free energy sources. One third of this carbon dioxide free generation (approximately 20 per cent of total generation) is based on renewable energy sources.

Renewable energy

• Vattenfall has been working to develop wind and biofuel power for 30 years. Over the next 10 years, we will invest almost EUR 1 billion in renewable energy (wind, biofuels/recyclable fuels, and hydro power).
• Vattenfall is one of the world's largest buyers and users of biofuels. In Sweden, approx. 52 per cent of our heat generation is based on biofuels (wood fuel, energy crops).
• Vattenfall is the largest Nordic wind power generator, and one of the biggest in Europe. Around 500 wind turbines in Denmark, Sweden and Finland currently generate about 870 GWh of electricity annually.
• Vattenfall has acquired the large Kriegers Flak wind power project in the south of the Baltic Sea. If implemented, this will involve an investment of approx. SEK 8 billion. Fully developed, the wind farm would involve 128 wind turbines with a combined yearly generation capacity of about 2.1 TWh.
• With the wind-power farm at Lillgrund in Öresund, Vattenfall will be the largest wind-power producer in the Nordic countries by far – increasing from 8 to 42 per cent of total Nordic wind power generation. The Lillgrund wind farm includes 48 turbines with a total capacity of 110 MW, corresponding to approx. 0.3 TWh per annum.
• Vattenfall is investing in research and development in the areas of wave power and geothermal energy, two renewable energy sources with considerable potential.

Cutting emissions

• Vattenfall’s climate work is based on three pillars; working internationally to promote a global agreement on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, helping customers save energy and continously reducing CO2 emissions from our own plants and operations.
• Vattenfall intends to cut emissions (g/kWh) in half by 2030, compared to 1990, while maintaining or even increasing energy production levels. Since 1990, specific carbon dioxide emissions from Vattenfall’s total energy and heating generation have decreased by about 30 per cent (when compared to the same amount of energy delivered).
• Vattenfall is building a research plant for a coal-fired power station in Germany, where the carbon dioxide will be separated and then stored in bedrock. The aim is to almost entirely eliminate carbon dioxide emissions, enabling clean energy to be generated without contributing to the greenhouse effect. The research plant is expected to be completed by 2008 at an investment cost of approx. EUR 40 million.