I hope Rockford has the right energy…

January 23rd, 2009 at 07:38am Jennie Pollock

… to be the top choice for the 2010 International Bioenergy Days, which BusinessRockford.com writer Thomas V. Bona calls “international showcase of bioenergy technology and applications.”

Our ties with Sweden could sweeten the deal.

Bengt Erik Löfgren, president and managing director for Äfab, the Swedish company co-sponsoring the event, thinks International Bioenergy Days — which started in 2006 — is a way to show the private sector that going green doesn’t have to go against the bottom line. In the past five years, Sweden has seen its gross national product increase significantly even while cutting its carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent.

“We have shown that this is big business,” Löfgren said. “You don’t have to lose your great new jobs to do it.”

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