A P P L I C A T I O N Global District Energy Climate Awards 2011 Name of system: Västermalmsverket Location: Falun, Sweden Owner: Falu Energi & Vatten AB Type of ownership: Municipality owned company Submitted by: Bengt Östling, District Heating Manager Phone: +46 70 644 08 08 E‐mail:
[email protected] Summary History The system Falu Energi & Vatten is taking responsibility by Västermalmsverket is a combined heat and power developing the community of Falun, Dalarna. Our generation plant, which makes it unique due to Cooling & Heating plant is situated on the brink of simultaneous production of heat and electricity. the world heritage, Falu copper mine, which for By investing in an absorption cooling machine we many centuries was one of Sweden's foremost have reduced the use of electricity for business activities. That is a tradition we are conventional cooling installations at the same time carrying on. as we are able to increase the production of electricity at Västermalmsverket. Climate impact We are building a wood pellet factory which helps Falun’s, investment in climate neutral production us to produce more renewable electricity in of heating, cooling and electricity has globally summer when the heat needs is at its lowest. At reduced CO2 emissions by 145 000 tonnes / year. the same time we have increased our electricity This is equal to 47 000 cars! production and we get wood pellets to use in our Ther are has been large ventures within renewable district heating production during the winter. power production. Since 2007 the annual production has doubled.