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RegEnergy Frövi: The first tomatoes are ready
August 8, 2024
The first project in the Selected RegEnergy fund is now literally bearing fruit. After two years since the groundbreaking ceremony and the completed greenhouse that was ready in May this year, the first tomatoes have been harvested in the 100,000 m2 greenhouse in Frövi.
At the end of May, no less than 250,000 tomato plants were planted. The first tomatoes have now been harvested and the Swedish supermarket chain ICA has received them and they are already on sale.
See the pictures of the first tomatoes below.
Local food production by recycling waste heat
More than 80% of Sweden's tomatoes currently come from imports. The Selected RegEnergy project in Frövi will change this.
The greenhouse will produce around 10% of Sweden's total tomato consumption annually. The heat for the tomatoes in the greenhouse is waste heat from the nearby paper products factory, Billerud. Here, the waste heat is taken from the paper mill and transported in a 400 km long pipe system around the greenhouse.
You can read more about the construction of the greenhouse here.
Selected RegEnergy fund
The RegEnergy project in Frövi is just the first of a number of projects in the Selected RegEnergy fund. The fund's other projects will also involve the establishment of greenhouses where the utilization of waste products from industrial production can be used for sustainable food and biomaterial production.
An investment in the Selected RegEnergy fund is a long-term investment with an average annual return of +15% per year.
You can read more about the Selected RegEnergy fund here.
