“This agreement is entirely in line with E.ON's efforts to minimise carbon dioxide emissions and to utilise resources which would otherwise have gone to waste,” says Peter Jonsson, Regional Director at E.ON Värme. “Using waste heat from Stena Aluminium, district heating in Älmhult can expand further without us needing to make use of more fuel.”

“There is an enormous benefit to the environment if so much waste heat can be utilised and replace other fuels. This is a major contribution to sustainable development for Älmhult,” says Staffan Persson, Managing Director at Stena Aluminium. “At the same time, Stena is switching from heating using bottled gas to district heating and is being connected to the district heating network.”

The agreement means heating supplies from Stena Aluminium of up to 25 GWh a year which equates to a year's district heating for approx. 1200 family homes. The project is estimated to be ready by summer 2012 and the waste heat will be distributed via the district heating netwo