Cleantech Vsterbotten

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Cleantech Västerbotten
A Competence Cluster in Biofuels Powered by a
profitable Industry

• Heavily forested region
• World-leading industries and brands
• From hi-tech harvesting to utilizing residues
  and by-products
• Actively developing sustainable forestry

Competence Areas and Potential gt
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gt Biofuels Wood Pellet Production

• CHP (Combined Heat Power production). Includes
  district heating/cooling Biodiesel and ethanol
  from cellulosic materials Combustion and air
  cleaning Machinery for material handling, incl.
  forest machinery

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gt Wind Power market driven opportunities
Geographical advantages opens unique growth
potential
1) Västerbotten 16 of land area 2) Gävleborg
10 3) Norrbotten 7 4) Jämtland 7
In order to reach the the EU CO2-target, Sweden
will have to invest in 3000-6000 wind turbines in
order to reach the target of 30 tWh by the year
2020. A national analysis conducted by the
Swedish Energy Agency identifies Västerbotten
as containing the largest area of national
interest for windpower.
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gt Knowledge based opportunities
Coveted know-how for green industrial projects
Environmental Consulting
Solar Power Competence manufacturing
Regional, national International

• Gällivare Photovoltaics, GPV
• Arctic Solar
• N67 Solar
• Texsun
• Global Sun Engineering
• Luleå University of Technology (research)

• The Swedish mining industry (hydro power
  facilities)
• Offshore Industry (northern Norway)
• Environmental clean-up projects (Russian Kola
  Peninsula)