Malmö – with solar power into a sustainable future

By 2020 Malmö wants to be an international model where sustainability is concerned. Just like Hamburg, Malmö is aiming to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 40 percent compared with 1990 levels.

To do this, Sweden’s third-largest city is investing in railways and cycle paths, would like to transport goods more by ferry and train and is relying on renewable energies. Starting in 2030 at the latest, all public buildings are to be supplied with energy from wind, sun or biomass.

The largest photovoltaic field in Scandinavia

Already Malmö is the city with the largest area of solar panels in Sweden. More than 4,000 square meters with solar thermal collectors and 2,500 square meters with photovoltaic facilities collect solar power on schools, museums, industrial buildings and other premises. With this Malmö also supplies solar power to other regions of the country. The largest photovoltaic field in Scandinavia has been in Sege Park since 2007. The former hospital area today serves as an environmental workshop. There they actively work to solve climate and environmental problems.

An old district sustainably changed

The “Ekostaden Augustenborg” experiment is successful. The district that suffered from high unemployment has been transformed in the past decade into an attractive, multicultural neighborhood. The goal was to do it as sustainably as possible. The heating and warm-water systems were optimized, green areas were renewed and a recycling system was created. The special part of the project: The district’s residents were heavily involved in the planning and implementation. Hamburg is also currently upgrading a previously neglected district in the context of the International Building Exhibition IBA Hamburg. Wilhelmsburg will be the first CO2-free district in the Hanseatic City.

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