Thursday, January 31, 2019

Sweden: Geothermal Heat Module Pioneer Receives Major Award

Climeon's Founder Thomas Öström Named Swedish Person of the Year (Renewable Energy Magazine)

Thomas Öström
Swedish magazine Fokus has named Climeon's founder and CEO Thomas Öström Swedish Person of the Year in the Innovation category.

Fokus explained its reason for bestowing the honor, saying, “At a time when "climate anxiety" has become a common expression, there are people who do not allow themselves to be paralyzed. This year's innovation winner is one of them. He realized that more than 50 percent of the world's energy consumption is wasted as heat. From this he created a simple method for transforming waste heat and geothermal heat into clean electricity. Few Swedes are still aware of the success, but the world has awakened.

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