The idea is that responsible officials within the municipality will produce a proposal for a new and updated action plan during the autumn. Now politicians also want Norrköping to be one of the country's most environmentally friendly municipalities by 2035.
- Yes, we want to see the whole picture. Then we hope to be able to make decisions during the late autumn, says Karin Jonsson (C), municipal council responsible for environmental issues.
One of the questions one has to decide is whether the municipality needs to form its own energy company that produces green electricity.
- We have to look at what we should do ourselves. Today we demand from the municipal companies that they choose the most energy-efficient alternatives and always choose fossil-free. But if we are to have a local production of green electricity then it is not important who produces it, but that it is produced, says Lars Stjernkvist (S), chairman of the municipal council.
The energy plan the municipality has so far worked on is that they want an energy system that:
- is efficient and focused on reducing energy use by 30 percent compared to 2005 (50% for the municipal organization).
- uses only renewable energy sources.
- is robust and can withstand the consequences of a changed climate.
In 2016, a follow-up was conducted which showed that several of the municipality's activities and companies were on the right track. For example, Norrevo had increased the efficiency of heating in its properties by 23 per cent and that the share of renewable energy sources in the municipality's properties was up 76 per cent.
On the other hand, the use of fuel for the municipality's vehicles had a worse trend. On the one hand, it had increased by 3.7 percent since 2005, and on the other, the use of renewable fuels had decreased. After having a peak in 2011 when 46 per cent of what was tanked in the vehicles was fossil-free, in 2016 it was down to 22 per cent.