Volvo Penta’s plant in Vara is carbon neutral

The Vara Plant produces Volvo Penta’s 4- and 6-cylinder diesel engines for leisure boats and commercial vessels.

To reduce the plant’s environmental impact and energy costs, the ventilation system has been replaced, environmental training has been conducted, pneumatically powered tools have been replaced by energy-powered variants, the lighting systems have been automated and so on. A large raft of measures has helped to make the production process increasingly energy efficient.

In 2011, a new boiler room has been inaugurated; the Vara Plant now uses biofuel in the form of pellets instead of the appr. 400 cum of oil it previously used every year, as volvo Penta states. During the spring, a three-year agreement involving deliveries of so-called green electricity (produced using hydroelectricity) has also been signed with Swedish Vattenfall. As a result of these moves, the production process at the Vara Plant now is said to be completely carbon neutral.