
Swedish Energy Agency News and press releases
News and press releases
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Bright outlook for climate smart solar cell productionSwedish Midsummer sells manufacturing machinery for thin film solar cells and integrated solar cell technology for roofs. The concept is based on a new technology with a climate-smart and flexible alternative to silicon cells. However, the company's journey to today's multi-million euro valuation has been far from straight as an arrow.
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Electric vehicles contribute to sustainable cities of the futureElectriCity is a cooperative venture that’s not just about how its various participants have collaborated to make future transport independent of fossil fuels. It's also a story about how the transition to sustainable transport creates more attractive urban environments.
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Electric truck success despite Arctic coldIn 2018, Boliden initiated a pilot project with electrified transport in the Aitik mine in Norrbotten. A 700-metre electric trolley line was installed, and four mine trucks were converted for electric operation. The pilot project was successful and its evaluation resulted in the expansion of the Aitik system.
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One sun collector every six minutes means a ranking as world leaderWith a worldwide sphere of activity, the Absolicon company from Härnösand has moved into a top position with an invention that concentrates sunlight and generates steam and heat up to 160 degrees. The business idea is to sell robotic production lines that can mass produce the concentrating solar collectors. The robots produce one solar collector every six minutes.
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Invitation to webinar: Zero emission vehicles and zones in Nordic cities – results from a Nordic studyWelcome to participate in a webinar presenting the result of project Zero emission vehicles in cities.
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Upcoming call: ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC)Formas, The Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova offer 34 million SEK in the international call on "Urban Accessibility and Connectivity" for stakeholders operating in Sweden in transnational projects.
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Call: Graduate School in Energy SystemsIn this call we welcome researchers who would like to supervise interdisciplinary PhD projects that study challenges within the energy system.
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The Swedish Energy Agency invites companies to a meeting about the EU Innovation FundThe EU Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. The European Commission will inform about the Innovation Fund and the first call for proposal which is expected to open in 2020.
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Recycled methanol can replace fossil raw materialsWith the help of carbon dioxide and residual flows, the company Perstorp will investigate the possibility of producing recycled methanol. The Swedish Energy Agency will partly finance this ambitious feasibility study.
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Swedish solutions make Indonesian electricity grid more energy-efficientIndonesia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with the ambition to change its energy system to a more sustainable and robust system. Through the Swedish Energy Agency's Business Accelerator Program Indonesia, Swedish companies have the opportunity to introduce their solutions to the Indonesian market. There is a great need for solutions that streamline the electricity grid, which three Swedish companies included in the program have discovered.