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Electric cars could provide energy storage
The new collaborative project Public EV Power Pilots, or PEPP for short, is investigating the possibility of using electric cars to provide energy storage. Specifically, the project will look at whether it is possible to borrow energy from parked vehicles with excess capacity that is not being used. The PEPP project was born out of curiosity about electric cars and the large amount of energy c...
Read moreSEK Svensk Elstandard: The biggest risk in electric car charging
In Sweden, the number of clean electric vehicles is increasing rapidly, while we are struggling to find enough power. According to Ingvar Eriksson, technical expert at SEK Svensk Elstandard, we need to take control of our charging stations and understand the importance of charging safely. - By far the biggest risk when it comes to electric vehicle charging is when people try to charge their el...
Read moreSolar energy – one piece of the puzzle for the electrification of society
There can be few people who still haven’t noticed that large parts of society are in the process of electrification. Industry, transport and other sectors are adapting to meet sustainability goals. But electrification also has its challenges. As electricity consumption increases, our electricity grids are under great pressure. “Grid support services are a prerequisite going forward,” says Ludvig...
Read more“We must take joint responsibility for sustainability”
Lighting plays a major role in society from an ecological, social and economic sustainability perspective. Caroline Zima is a lighting designer at Sweco Architects and Sweden’s ambassador for Women in Lighting. “It is important to include thoughts and knowledge about lighting early on in a project, as the decisions made then have a major impact on the conditions surrounding design, experience and...
Read moreGranitor invests in skills supply through Startskottet
The need to find the right personnel is one of the most important issues facing the electricity and energy industry. It is estimated that there will be a shortage of almost 30,000 electricians in Sweden in the coming years, while the electrification of society is creating new challenges for society and industry. Granitor Electro operates as an electrical and engineering company with strong root...
Read more“Now we have to make big decisions in uncertain times”
We are now living through an unprecedented situation: we are undergoing a huge societal transformation, and in the post-pandemic era, we face challenges that create insecurity. According to Karin Bodén at Jämtkraft, this situation places demands on both the private and public sectors. “In times like these, it is important to be strategic, but it is also particularly difficult. The challenge for in...
Read more“We must understand that we are building for a changing world”
Johan Röklander has been working with lighting for the past 20 years. As a municipal lighting planner, an educator at the School of Lighting Design in Jönköping, and a self-employed outdoor lighting designer, Johan is pursuing his passion, which is to represent lighting in society. “We have a high level of expertise in terms of technical and design know-how, but now we need to step up in terms of...
Read moreELFACK 2023 shines the spotlight on the future of the energy industry
To support the electrification of society, the reinforcement of electricity grids is essential. But at the same time, as plans are being made for major expansions, the industry is in dire need of new skills. Peter Silverhjärta at EBR is one of those who work on a daily basis with the issues and challenges facing the industry. “Elfack is an important meeting place where we can interact about what i...
Read moreHide-a-lite: “We will see a changed lighting industry at ELFACK 2023”
The lighting industry is changing rapidly across all segments. “There is so much that affects the way we look at lighting today, from the impact it has on us and our health, to how we can make the most of energy efficiency,” says Martina Ek, Marketing Manager at Elektro Elco. Martina and her colleagues market the Hide-a-lite brand. They are exhibiting at Elfack 2023 and are looking forward to meet...
Read more“If industry and buildings become more energy efficient, electricity prices will go down”
Electrification and energy efficiency are important topics in both industry and society at large right now. The ongoing transition and rising electricity prices place high demands on finding better and smarter solutions quickly. Mats Peterson, business area manager for ABB Electrification in Sweden, says that most of the technical solutions are already on the market, but that the skills and incent...
Read moreSvenska Kraftnät: “ELFACK 2023 is the focal point for the energy transition”
The energy industry is changing, and fast. While the industry faces enormous challenges, the ongoing energy transition is central. Svenska Kraftnät, the authority responsible for ensuring that Sweden’s electricity transmission system is safe, environmentally sound and cost-effective, is a member of the Elfack Programme Council. “Elfack needs to be clear that we are raising our viewpoint from just...
Read moreA bright era for solar energy
Solar energy is currently both popular and hugely important for today’s energy transition. Cost-effective and fossil-free energy production is in high demand, and self-sufficiency, and therefore energy storage, are at the heart of that interest. EWS is a solar wholesaler with more than 37 years of experience in the solar industry. The company is exhibiting at Elfack 2023 to put digital tools for p...
Read moreFastighetsägarna’s challenge at ELFACK 2023
Rikard Silverfur works as Head of Development and Sustainability at Fastighetsägarna Sverige, the Swedish real estate trade association, and like many others, he testifies to the great and acute need for energy efficiency in Swedish real estate. In light of this, Fastighetsägarna is organising a technology competition for energy monitoring systems – and the finalists will be presented at Elfack 20...
Read moreAll the e-skills the future requires - how will we get them?
Samuel Strömgren, Energy Competence Center. Accelerating electrification is not just a giant technological shift. It’s an equally big skills shift. But where will the skills come from? Where are all the brains and hands? - It is high time to address that question now. We don’t have time to wait, says Samuel Strömgren from the Energy Competence Center. Although everyone seems to agree...
Read moreAfter the Power Electrification Summit: “Sweden can take a global leadership role”
The energy transition is taking place at breakneck speed. And the consensus on what needs to be done is broader than ever. These are the c...
Read moreELFACK: TA is paused in 2022 and will return in 2024
The transformation of the electricity and energy sectors is now a key issue in the development of society and industry. Working with people in these sectors, we established ELFACK:TA as a complementary forum to ELFACK, the Nordic region’s largest trade fair and meeting place for the electricity and energy industry. Together with a number of key players, we created a programme of topical issues and...
Read moreHow ELFACK:TA will plug the gap and meet the industry’s thirst for knowledge
The major transition taking place in the electricity and energy industry is stimulating a need for new skills. Visitors to ELFACK:TA, and its Programme Council, agree on this. — We want to be the platform that brings the industry together to find new ways forward, says Anna Jarnö, Business Manager for the new event. Although ELFACK:TA is aimed at the same visitor communities as the regular ELF...
Read moreThis is what electrical installers want to get out of the new mid-year event ELFACK: TA
Visitors’ wishes are crystal clear: give us more information, more knowledge! This became obvious when we asked the electricians themselves what they hope for at the premiere of ELFACK: TA, which is taking place at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in May 2022. Their answers testify to the growing and specific needs for new skills linked to the major energy transition. Jonas Kristianss...
Read moreBecome your own electricity distributor – the new trend is reflected at ELFACK:TA
Producing your own electricity for your electric car is the new trend in self-sufficiency. Technological development is going at a furious pace and at the new ELFACK:TA, everyone has a golden opportunity to get updated. - We are happy to share our knowledge, says Leif Hallén, CEO of Hager, who is investing heavily in the event. Hager, a long-standing exhibitor at ELFACK, was the first company...
Read moreLighting designer: “We need to talk more about the long-term consequences”
Upward-facing lighting on a facade can disrupt the birds’ rhythm of life. Now the lighting designer Veera Kokko wants to see a many-sided dialogue about how lighting of properties can benefit both ecology and climate. - I hope to hear some wise opinions at ELFACK:TA, she says. Issues around lighting will be an important feature of ELFACK:TA in May 2022. One such highly topical issue concerns...
Read moreProperty in focus at ELFACK: TA – have any digital twins been born?
To get more attractive properties and lower construction costs, more digital initiatives are required, especially digital twins. Johan Granton from the industry association Digitala Fastigheter [Digital Property] hopes to meet many interested parties at ELFACK:TA. - This is a development area with enormous potential, he says. Digitala Fastigheter, which was established in 2019, joins ELFACK:TA...
Read moreELFACK:TA - a new forum focusing on facts and skills transfer
In May 2022 the electricity industry will finally come together again. More specifically at ELFACK:TA, a completely new event at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre with an emphasis on knowledge and education – and socialising! - We strongly believe in this approach, says Patrik Andersson, chairman of Elmateriel Leverantörerna, EL. The pandemic put an end to the 2021 ELFACK. And after...
Read moreElectrification in focus at the industry’s leading strategy conference, now under a new name
The Power Circle Summit, the energy industry’s strategy conference, becomes the Power Electrification Summit – and with a clearer focus. - We’re focusing on electrification and invite everyone at the cutting edge, says Annika Persson, business developer at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre. The Power Electrification Summit, like its predecessor, will be an annual strategy conference...
Read moreELFACK returns full scale in 2023 – and in a new format in 2022!
The pandemic meant that this year’s ELFACK had to be postponed. After close dialogue with the industry, the management team has decided to hold the next full-scale physical fair in 2023. - Meanwhile, we invite you to an innovative mid-year gathering in 2022, reveals Anna Jarnö, business manager for ELFACK. This means that ELFACK will not take place as planned in 2022. Instead, the Swedish Exhi...
Read moreLead times halved for new electricity networks
Long lead times for new electricity networks can slow down Sweden’s electrification. - Our focus is to work together to achieve an ambitious target of halving lead times for new electricity networks by 2025, says Truls Borgström, coordinator of the government’s electrification strategy. The framework for the conversion and expansion of the electricity system was the focus of Truls Borgström’s...
Read moreKarin Bodén: “We’re putting together the important pieces of the puzzle at SWITCH”
Lots of people talked about collaboration at this year’s SWITCH. - But it takes more, a plan and a common vision to cope with the change. SWITCH raised hopes for collaboration – next year I hope we will see that it really happens, says Karin Bodén of Jämtkraft, who was the moderator at SWITCH 2021. Responsible for public affairs at Jämtkraft, Karin Bodén works on issues related to the transiti...
Read moreSweden and Testlab at the forefront of efficient lighting
With the focus on climate goals, efforts are being made worldwide to increase energy efficiency. A clear example is lighting, which accounted for 15-19% of global electricity use in 2005, with consumption expected to double if nothing was done. Thanks to rapid technological development of LEDs in combination with the introduction of instruments around the world that set minimum requirements fo...
Read moreThe Electrification Commission provides an insight into how the transition should go
How will Sweden succeed in reducing the transport sector’s emissions by 70 percent by 2030? The ball is in the Electrification Commission’s court, and it is getting to work. - We are getting lots of input and we’re feeling a great commitment, says Jenny Larsson, a member of the Commission, who will tell more at SWITCH. In October of last year, the government appointed the Electrification Com...
Read moreSvenska Kraftnät sees data as a driving force in energy conversion
Anna Jäderström is the unit manager for the balancing market at Svenska Kraftnät. On 4 May 2021, she will take part in the Power Circle Summit in the section Connecting Data. We talked to her about the digitalisation of the power system, and asked for her views on trends, opportunities and challenges for the energy industry as a whole. This year's theme for the Power Circle Summit is “Connectin...
Read moreElectrification and digitalisation – solutions for the circular society at SWITCH
Welcome to the “arena of the future” for the entire electricity and energy sectors! SWITCH is a forward-looking meeting place focused on the changes and adjustments driven by technology shifts and digital services. It’s an arena where new and established companies can meet to discuss the needs of a future sustainable society. – The transformation to sustainable energy, which is taking place whi...
Read more“The 20s will change the world”
The whole world is facing a major energy transition. Although development is progressing faster than ever, at the same time requirements are greater than ever and the need for renewable energy sources seems endless. This is a problem that, to say the least, affects all countries and opens up major issues regarding cross-border cooperation. One country that has succeeded in achieving impressive...
Read moreThe big energy transition: what’s going on?
The energy sector is at a turning point. Or is it? Talk about various industries that are in the middle of a change or turning point has become virtually banal. Many would also argue that such a statement from the energy industry in particular should be taken with an extra pinch of salt. It has hardly changed in 100 years, compared to many other industries whose rate of change is significantly hig...
Read moreArticle: Voltimum Oct 2020
Hello Anna at ELFACK! How’s it looking for ELFACK this spring? The team is working full time and the planning is going according to plan, so it looks good! We are approaching 250 exhibitors and the programme is starting to take shape. In other words, we are really turbo-charged and look forward to opening the doors on 4 May 2021! Will the event go ahead? Yes, absolutely, that is our hope a...
Read moreStupid cartons have no place in Nokalux’s climate-smart lighting projects
Fast installations, intelligent luminaires, highly efficient control. - That is what we are investing in. But at the same time we want to make it as easy as possible for the installer, says Magnus Jonsson, CEO of Nokalux. The company is planning a major investment in Elfack 2021, when Nokalux celebrates its 50th anniversary. Something no one should miss ... Innovation and tradition live s...
Read moreHow ICA’s new e-commerce warehouse sets the standard in smart, automated infrastructure
Building and developing properties and energy systems to make them smarter clearly has its advantages, but it still falls within the broader framework of innovation. In a joint project, Harju Elekter, Siemens and Assemblin have electrified ICA’s new e-commerce warehouse and thus created the conditions for a smart infrastructure and total control of energy consumption. - Together with Assemblin...
Read moreProgramme with a focus on skills development and technical innovations
ELFACK is fast approaching and we took the opportunity to take the pulse of Anna Jarnö, Business Manager at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre Gothia Towers. With only seven months left until ELFACK opens, what news can we expect? - There are several new elements to look forward to! In planning the event, our team’s aim is to highlight as much as possible of everything exci...
Read moreConnect securely to reduce illegal electrical installations in Swedish homes
There are illegal electrical installations in 3 out of every 10 households in Sweden. Not only are they illegal, they also involve a high risk of accidents in your home. Koppla Säkert (“Connect Safely”) is a service, launched by the Swedish Electrical Safety Agency, which provides information to private individuals who want to fix electrical installations at home themselves. The Swedish Electri...
Read moreA safety breakthrough in the mining industry
“What can we do to increase safety in unsafe work environments and how can we eliminate physical presence during hazardous operations?” – these were the initial questions for ABB’s feasibility study on safety in, among others, the mining industry. A feasibility study that was launched seven years later and resulted in an award-winning collaboration. Sturdy men with helmets and carbon-black fac...
Read moreTamarinden – Sweden’s smartest district
Sweden’s smartest district is being built in Örebro. Tamarinden will be almost self-sufficient in energy, with no equivalent residential district in Sweden or indeed the rest of the world. Örebro District Council, Örebro Municipal Housing and E.ON are working together to create the conditions for Tamarinden to reduce, produce, store and share energy. - When we got the assignment, we brought to...
Read moreSomething’s starting to happen: investments in lighting contribute to a better society
Switching to intelligent lighting is about saving energy and money, but is also helping in several other ways. “Around the country, more and more people now realise that there are big gains to be made in increased security, a better work environment, better study results, etc. We are reaching a breakthrough,” says Mikael Castanius, CEO of Belysningsbranschen, the organisation that represents S...
Read more“Conversion attracts companies to Sweden”
“The electrification of society shows that we are at the forefront. It can attract companies here, increase growth and create new jobs.” So says Pernilla Winnhed, CEO of Swedenergy – Energiföretagen Sverige. At the Power Circle Summit, she will set out her view of the opportunities and challenges. The afternoon begins with a couple of searching questions from Pernilla: How can you build the fut...
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