Volvo to Build Greenhouse-Gas-Free Truck Plant

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By Mike Spinelli Sep 27, 2005 2:48 PM

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Volvo to Build Greenhouse-Gas-Free Truck Plant

A new Volvo Trucks plant in Tuve, Sweden will be the first CO2-free automotive plant in the world, with electricity and heating systems driven by wind power and biofuel. According to Green Car Congress, Volvo worked with technologists at G teborg Energi to build five wind power plants and a biofuel plant, which will be completed in 2007. The wind plants alone will increase the percentage of Sweden's wind-generated electricity to 4%.

Volvo Creating World s First CO2-Free Automotive Plant [Green Car Congress]

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GM Trucks to Rock Flex-Fuel Capability En Masse [internal]

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