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FIGURE 14.10 Energy supply in Va ¨xjo ¨, the largest section representing biomass (Kommun,
2015).

regional forest industry such as forest residue, sawdust, woodchips, bark, and
peat (Ramboll; Force Technology).
The city has a variety of future goals to continue its reduction of CO 2
emissions and increase its usage of renewable energies.
l Upgrading and increasing the capacity of existing hydro power plants
within the municipality
l Expand the district heating network
l Pursue the investment in large-scale wind turbines
l Reduce the use of peat as fuel because of its contribution of GHG emis-
sions and phase it out by 2020
l Energy efficiency standards for new municipal buildings
l Increasing the access to renewable fuels for transportation and electric
vehicles.
(Kommun, 2015)

Hammarby Sjo ¨stad (Hammarby Lake City)

Hammarby Sjo ¨stad began as an old industrial area in Stockholm that beginning
in the 1990s and throughout the 2000s was continuously transformed and
developed into what is now a model of sustainable urban development that has
served as an inspiration worldwide. With the original goal to develop the area
in preparation for an (eventually failed) Olympic bid, environmental perfor-
mance was to be “twice as good” as modern developments at the time and