Sweden’s BEST biofuel project says 32 percent of Swedish cars now “clean vehicles”

In Sweden, the Stockholm BEST project, which focuses on the need for biofuel solutions to thrive, said that “clean vehicles” accounted for 32 per cent of Stockholm auto sales last year and that clean cars command an overall five percent market share.

The organization said that they developed an effective counter to anti-ethanol rhetoric, but have failed to preserve a key exemption from the congestion tax used to discourage fossil fuel usage.

Free Subscription to the Daily Biofuels Digest e-newsletter

Related Stories

Flex-fuel cars now account for 17 percent of all Swedish car sales as country opens 1,000th E85 station serving 80,000 vehicles

In Sweden, the 1,000th E85 station opened in October, and by December the country had registered more than 80,000 ethanol-powered vehicles. The Swedish Society of Green Motorists said that the country...

Swedish report concludes biogas most effective government subsidy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

In Sweden, Vinnova, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, concluded in a report that  biogas investments are  the most effective government subsidy for reducing CO2-emissions. The ...

Gaia bringing ethanol stoves to Ethiopia in bid to reduce soot, CO and reduce deforestation

In Ethiopia, Project Gaia and its sister organization Gaia Association (an Ethiopian NGO) are leading a global initiative to promote the simple alcohols, ethanol and methanol, for household cooking an...

DOE awards $300 million to 25 Clean Cities projects for alternative energy vehicle infrastructure

In Washington, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced $300 million in stimulus funds will go to 25 cost-share projects in the Clean Cities Coalition program, — programs designed to establish tran...

Flex-fuel vehicles account for 86 percent of 2007 Brazilian car sales; 4.6 million flex-fuel cars on road

86 percent of all cars sold in Brazil in 2007 were ethanol enabled. The registration of 2 million cars in 2007 takes the total of cars running on ethanol blends or pure E100 to 4.6 million. Brazil now...

Chemrec a finalist for Swedish gov’t support of $250 million black liquor gasification biofuels project

In Sweden, the energy R&D Board of the Swedish Energy Agency has selected a $45 million grant application from Chemrec for a black liquor gasifification plant in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Planned pr...