RegEnergy

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

The project has become groundbreaking in several ways. Not only because of the way industrial waste heat is reused for tomato production but also because the collaboration between the project company and the Swedish public sector has been central to the project.

The collaboration with Lindesberg Municipality and the Örebro region has been an important factor in the success of the project. The project company partnered with the municipality to recruit the 100 employees who now work in the greenhouse. In addition, the need to consider transportation options and a future bus stop at the greenhouse was raised early on in the project.

An important aspect of the project has been to take into account the wider societal challenges. A task force was set up in which both the public and private sectors worked together to solve problems related to infrastructure, unemployment and public transportation. Traditionally, the two sectors have operated separately, but here, a common forum was created where all relevant issues could be discussed and solved together.

This approach is inspired by similar initiatives in Europe, particularly in the Nordics, but 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, now sold in stores across Sweden, can be seen as tangible proof of the project's success.