Since 2018, emissions from the plants have decreased by 40 percent, according to the Fossil-free Sweden initiative.

Above all, the precipitation has decreased through a transition to biodiesel in the piste machines, but snow production has also become more energy efficient and today only one-seventh of the electricity is used to produce snow as it did forty years ago.

The goal now is that the operation of the Swedish ski resorts will be completely fossil-free in 2027. That objective is presented in the roadmap for fossil-free competitiveness developed by the trade organization SLAO.

Requires more night trains, bus lines and charging posts

The roadmap describes that the ski resorts will continue to invest in biofuels, introduce electric motors and purchase and produce renewable energy in the form of solar cells and wind turbines.

But emissions related to the ski resorts are not just limited to their own operations. 80 percent of the ski guests 'emissions come from the guests' trip to the ski resort, something that the industry itself can only affect to a limited extent. For this reason, the industry has also called on the Riksdag and the government to, among other things, rapidly expand the infrastructure for charging electric cars, investigate winter tourists' travel patterns, double the night train traffic and establish bus lines to ski resorts.

The ski resort industry, in conjunction with seven other industries, will hand over its roadmap to the government on March 18.