— The Swedish refining and petrochemical industry is located along, and is linked to, the natural gas grid in Sweden, particularly around the outskirts and to north of Göteborg.

— The refining and petrochemical industries in the region are discovering that huge opportunities are being opened up in the transformation to more renewable products.

— Preem and the chemical company Perstorp have Sweden's highest production of biodiesel from cultivated European rape seed.

— Hydrogen Sweden, located in Göteborg, is working to facilitate the introduction of hydrogen as an energy carrier in Sweden.

— The Energy Technology Centre in Ale is commercializing battery and fuel cell know-how that is being developed at Swedish universities.

— The world's largest gasification research plant for biomass is located in Göteborg, operated by Göteborg Energi and Chalmers University of Technology. This research facility is part of Göteborg Energi's plans for commercial gasification of biomethane by 2011. (GoBiGas)