ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 108,000 people. ABB AB (Sweden) employs 9,000 people in Sweden and has operations in 30 different locations. In Sweden the company is a leading supplier of products and systems for power transmission as well as for process and industrial employs automation. Västerås with about 5,000 employees and Ludvika with about 2,400 are the two largest centers of operation. Through its ten Business Centers in the country ABB has increased its customer value thanks to this local presence.

Elsevier publishes a prominent portfolio of leading research journals in energy and energy-related fields that include Energy Conversion and Management, Fuel, Combustion and Flame, Energy Policy, Solar Energy, Biomass & Bioenergy, Energy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and the newly launched International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

The ENA Energi cogeneration plant has a capacity to produce 24 MW of electricity and 55 MW of heat including flue gas condensation for district heating for most of the inhabitants in the city. Fuels mainly come from forest logging, saw dust from sawmills and paper industry residues. About 350 GWh per year of biofuel is supplied to the plant. The unique feature is that about 10 percent is self-produced energy forest which integrates sludge from a sewage treatment plant and ash for the cultivation. The dedicated energy crops absorb the nitrogen with contribution to nitrogen-emissions reduction by 20 ton per year.

 

Celebrating its bicentennial year in 2007, John Wiley & Sons is a leading international publisher of print and electronic products, providing must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Our portfolio of key energy journals includes Progress in Photovoltaics, the International Journal of Energy Research, Wind Energy, European Transactions on Electrical Power, and Fuel Cells. Visit our display table to pick up your free sample copy of these journals. Plus, find out how your librarian can opt-in for complimentary access to our brand new journal Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining - Biofpr.

 

Mälarenergi is a regional multiutility providing heat, electricity, water & sewage and high speed communication to the city. The energy production includes 41 small hydro power stations, and some small heating plants for district heating. The main part of the production is at the combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Västerås, which provides city and surrounding areas with district heating and provides electricity to the national grid, with a peak capacity of appr. 550 MWe.

For two centuries, Taylor & Francis has been committed to the publication of scholarly information. Taylor & Francis publishes a wide variety of books and journals in the fields of science and engineering. Visit our display table and pick up your free sample copy of our outstanding journal, International Journal of Green Energy.

 

Västmanlands Lokaltrafik (VL) is half-owned by the county council and half-owned by the municipalities of Västmanland. Our foremost responsibility is to offer the people of Västmanland the best possible public transportation. We also contribute to constructive change in the fields of traffic safety, environmental protection and infrastructure development. VL currently operates 32 biogas busses.

• These busses are quieter and do not contribute to global warming
• Biogas is based on a renewable resource and replaces fossil fuels
• Biogas is produced locally in Västerås at Gryta Waste Management
• Biogas busses help to make our town an ecologically sustainable community
• Västerås is one of the most environmentally-friendly municipalities in Sweden