Uppsala

The main fuel in Vattenfall's plants in Uppsala is household and industrial waste. This means that we recover energy from waste from households and businesses that can no longer or should no longer be reused or recycled. It is a good way to make use of energy that would otherwise be wasted and is an important part of the city's circular cycle.

In March 2022, Vattenfall's main heating plant Boländerna in Uppsala was supplemented with the Carpe Futurum biofuel plant. The plant has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by around 200,000 tons per year, thereby halving the climate footprint of the approximately 170,000 Uppsala residents connected to Vattenfall's district heating network.

Carpe Futurum has a heating capacity of 110 MWth and is an important part of a transformation program to phase out fossil fuels in heat production in Uppsala. The plant can be fired with forest chips, recycled wood and bark in various combinations. It can run on the three fuels individually or in different mixtures, providing high flexibility.