Biogas West is the name of a cluster in the field of methane for vehicles in the Göteborg region and western Sweden. 25 companies and organizations are taking part in the project headed by Business Region Göteborg. We work to bring together all the players from the biogas chain: |
BiogasMax A European Union financed project that involves six different cities in Europe with Göteborg as one of them |
Some 70 people from Europe, North America, and Asia participated in the 2nd Global Biogas Congress in Brussels from 28-29 October 2008. Most participants represented commercial enterprises engaged in the biogas field, but also included participants from energy and gas companies, waste handling companies (SITA, Veolia and others), the ethanol industry, banks, investement analysts and others.
As the search for alternative fuels continues, the Nordic Ecolabel today announced the first ecolabelled fuel. Methane from the Swedish company FordonsGas SverigeAB is the world´s first ecolabelled fuel, having fulfilled the rigorous criteria of the Nordic Ecolabel.
Göran Värmby, Head of Business and Environment, Business Region Göteborg talks about the concept of Biogas Väst and Calstart´s global Influence. The video interview |
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- 27 exhibitors from 5 nations
- Most interesting sectors according to the visitors, waste, biogas and vehicles
- Most part of the visitors where company managers or within marketing. 75 percent of the visitors have purchasing influence
- 51 percent of the visitors made new business connections
- 100 participants at the International seminar “Biogas — fuelling the future"
- Two biogas excursions where completed
- 180 participants at the International get-to-gather
Biogas — a strategic choice Biogas is part of the solution as it can be produced from waste and residual products in virtually every country. |
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BRG/Biogas Väst is to receive the American environmental prize Blue Sky AwardBusiness RegionGöteborg AB— BRG — is to receive the American environmental prize Blue Sky Award for creating Biogas Väst, the first regional biogas project in Sweden. It has contributed to biogas being used as a renewable fuel in no less than 7000 natural gas cars, buses and heavy vehicles. |
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