District heating  

 
District heating was introduced in Växjö at the start of the 1970s. Nowadays most large buildings and a large proportion of houses are supplied with district heating from our Sandvik combined heat and power plant. The plant is fuelled primarily with biofuel and is equipped with an effective flue gas purification system. We have successfully created great trust in district heating as a good value, reliable and environmentally friendly method of heating.

The development of district heating started in the centre of Växjö and the housing areas which previously had their own local heating centres. Alongside the connection of these areas, expansion has continued in industrial areas, and since 1997 also in centrally located residential areas.  
 
 
District heating customers                                    7 230 (6 177 one family houses)

Net of district heating                                             365 km  

Bioenergy part of the production                            > 98 % 

Production of district heating                                   582 GWh