RegEnergy Frövi recycles waste heat for tomato production and creates cross-sector collaboration

mandag, 14. oktober 2024

In this video, you meet Ingrid Schuster, CEO of RegEnergy Frövi AB. Ingrid presents the greenhouse facility on ten hectares, a project that started in 2022.

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The project has been groundbreaking in several ways. Not only due to the way industrial waste heat is reused for tomato production, but also because the collaboration between the project company and the public sector in Sweden has been integral to the project.

The collaboration with Lindesberg Municipality and the Örebro region has been an important factor in the project’s success. The project company entered into a partnership with the municipality for the recruitment of the 100 employees who now work in the greenhouse. Additionally, early in the project, the need to consider transport options and a future bus stop by the greenhouse was raised.

An important aspect of the project has been to take into account the broader societal challenges. A task force was established, where both the public and private sectors collaborated to address issues related to infrastructure, unemployment, and public transport. Traditionally, the two sectors have operated separately, but here a common forum was created where all relevant issues could be discussed and solved collectively.

This approach is inspired by similar initiatives in Europe, particularly in the Nordics, but it is still relatively new in Sweden. The project has therefore attracted national attention and will serve as a model for future collaborative projects in the country.

The production of tomatoes, which are now sold in stores across Sweden, can be seen as tangible proof of the project’s success.

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