Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Thursday, September 18 Lidköping and Alternative Energy


On Thursday morning we left the Hotel in Skövde and headed for Lidköping. Alternative Energy solutions were on the program and our first stop was at the Passive House, Villa Malmborg. We also made a stop by a recycle station, where Mikael Sundving showed the delegation how the Swedish people separate and recycle their garbage.
As a connection to the garbage we visited the Central Heat Plant in Lidköpingafter this. Actually about 90% of the households are heating by the Central Heat Plant, which is quite amazing.
After that visit we went to a Senior Citizen Home which uses Pellets and Solar Panels in order to heat their facility. It was a very nice and friendly environment. After the lunch the delegation visited with EcoEx have the expertise in environmental technology and also the Bioenergy Consulting Company ÄFAB.

In the evening we had a dinner with the representatives of the City of Lidköping.
Attending the dinner was (in addition to the delegation):
  • Kjell Hedvall - Mayor of Lidköping
  • Carin Lexmon - Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Kenth Lindström - Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Johan Lindén - Senior Adviser at the Swedish National Police Academy
  • Leif Eriksson – Business Development Manager
  • Mikael Sundving – Business Development Director
  • Gunnar Nilsson – IDC Westsweden AB
  • Marcus Johansson – Marketing Coordinator
  • Lisbeth Nyström – International Coordinator
  • Torbjörn Nilsson - Promens
  • Björn Lindvall - CN Worldwide Logistic från Stockholm
  • Sophia Strandberg - ITM
  • Hasse Karlsson - ITM