28 January / 2025
Energy lectures with Labor market knowledge
The energy transition in society presents significant challenges for the energy industry, particularly in securing future expertise. At Elfack 2025, Labor market knowledge will play a key role in promoting sustainable skills development within the energy sector. With its unique pedagogy and inspi...
24 January / 2025
Elfack 2025 is fully booked!
This year’s Elfack will be something special. The fair is fully booked, with over four hundred exhibitors showcasing the latest technologies.
The industry’s hottest issues are reflected in an extensive stage programme, a new strategy conference and a newly established energy prize, aimed d...
13 January / 2025
How sustainable park lighting becomes part of nature
One metre-high oak and chestnut bollards, with built-in LED lighting, cast their unobtrusive light over shrubs, trees and walkways. This exciting new product will be launched by STRIHL at Elfack 2025.
- We look forward to showcasing our innovative and sustainable solutions, says Stefan Söders...
3 January / 2025
At Elfack: how innovative energy storage can address peak demand
Energy storage is developing rapidly.
The potential is great: the technology can both contribute to sustainable energy development and cut costs for the individual user.
- We see nothing but benefits, says Victor Olsson, Nordic Sales Manager at Sparq Technology, who will be demonstrating th...
9 December / 2024
Power Woman of the Year: “Everyone in the industry benefits from greater gender equality”
Gender equality is not just a matter of fairness.
- In my experience, a diverse workforce produces the best results. It creates greater dynamism in the company, which favours both innovation and profitability.
This is the opinion of Ulrika Tornerefelt, recently named Power Woman of the Year...
6 December / 2024
Tomorrow’s battery solutions face changed conditions
Batteries, both for vehicles and stationary energy storage, have seen a booming market in recent years and have been identified as a key component of the energy transition. Interest in stationary batteries has grown as they are rapidly integrated into the electricity grid and they both stabilise ...
At Elfack the Swedish Energy Agency will meet players in the industry to share knowledge and promote cooperation in the transition to a sustainable energy system. The Swedish Energy Agency’s four focus areas at the fair are energy preparedness and robust energy systems, smart products, lighting...
6 November / 2024
Sweden’s smartest neighbourhood takes shape
Tamarinden in Örebro is paving the way for the climate-smart neighbourhoods of the future, in which a unique and localised electricity supply system can reduce, produce, store and share energy.
Planning for Sweden’s smartest neighbourhood – Tamarinden is starting to take physica...
11 October / 2024
Innovation driving the efficient electrification of industry
An innovative collaboration project is starting this autumn in Trollhättan. With a focus on power efficiency, the aim is to find solutions for electrical systems and industrial transformation.
- We will test solutions that have never been tried before in Sweden and probably not anywhere else ...
11 October / 2024
Wood – A game changer for the energy industry
There’s lots going on in terms of development in the renewable energy industry. An example is the work underway at the tech company Modvion in Gothenburg. They use modern and innovative technology to build sustainable wind turbines with wood as the material.
Just outside Skara stan...
At the age of 18, she started working as an electrician. Today, 27 years later, she has been appointed CEO of the Swedish Installation Federation. In her new role, Saira Alladin wants to drive progress around efficient electricity use.
- Simply producing more energy is not enough. Sm...
12 June / 2024
Swedish Energy Award is presented at Elfack
In connection with Elfack, the Swedish Energy Award is presented. This award aims to promote innovation, stimulate collaboration within the energy industry, and accelerate the transition to a sustainable society by highlighting energy-efficient solutions.
The Swedish Energy Award recogni...
12 June / 2024
The role of hybrid parks in a smarter energy system
The emerging importance of renewable energy presents both a challenge and an opportunity. Our journey towards a carbon-neutral future is accelerating and giving rise to many exciting innovations. Ludvig Bydén, a business developer at Swedish Solar Energy, is actively promoting the development of...
12 June / 2024
The two pillars of the energy transition: Technological innovation and skills development
The search for sustainable energy solutions presents challenges that require both technology and skills development. Magnus Kuschel, Innovation Manager at Innovatum Science Park, shares his perspectives on how the energy industry needs to adapt and integrate different energy sources and technolog...
The large-scale electrification of Sweden will remain a pipe dream without updated power centres, switchgear and control cabinets.
- Our industry is an important player in the green transition. But unfortunately rather forgotten, says Linda Take, CEO of SKE, Svensk Kapslad Elteknik. ...
6 May / 2024
Sustainable trends in focus at Elfack: out with fluorescent tubes, in with charging infrastructure!
Industry associations will raise sustainability issues at Elfack 2025.
- If we are to move away from fossil fuels, we need to build the charging infrastructure. And if we are to save energy, we must phase out fluorescent tubes, says Mikael Castanius, CEO of trade associations Elmateriel Levera...
22 February / 2024
Electrically safe – new school material from The National Electrical Safety Board
You can read about new learning content to promote electrical safety, aimed at middle schools, on The National Electrical Safety Board’s website. The material deals with how electricity is created, electricity indoors and outdoors, and shopping safely.
- At The National...
22 February / 2024
How smart are smart grids – if households are not involved?
Industries and governments are making policy decisions on smart grids to meet rapidly growing energy demand. But there is a hidden problem: no one has spoken to end users.
- If you don’t take into account the differences between households, you won’t get the desired effect. There is a discon...
- We are employing 1,000 new people this year and need to recruit another 1,000 in the coming year, says Claes Wedén, marketing manager at Hitachi Energy, who urges more people to join the industry.
Hitachi Energy is one of the leading technology providers in the electricity network...
11 December / 2023
Update steps up and joins Elfack 2025
Update by Elfack focuses on the industry’s fastest growing technology areas. Developments in these areas have a major impact on the entire electricity industry and therefore Update by Elfack is now moving from being a separate event in 2024 to become a conference and will take place 7-8 May 202...
20 October / 2023
Wago: Energy efficiency is the most important trend in all categories
What trends are dominating the electricity industry right now? If you ask Niklas Persson, Sales Manager at Wago, the answer is simple: energy efficiency.
- Everyone wants to know what technology is available in this area, because with today’s prices, no one is interested in burning the midnigh...
- An enclosure is an enclosure, but it’s the unique solutions that we can put into them that help our customers deal with the challenges of electrification, says Fredrik Wåhlstrand, CEO of Rittal.
For more than 50 years, Rittal has delivered system solutions to various industries,...
5 October / 2023
Elpress: Successful electrification requires attention to detail
Electrification is driving new strategies, visions and ideas in industry after industry. But if the vision is to be realised, the infrastructure needs to work down to the smallest component.
- Our products can be seen as niche, but without them electrification will not be possible, says Håkan P...
22 September / 2023
Schneider on the skills shortage: The energy industry must become attractive to more segments within the labour market
“A diversified electricity industry” is the name of the major initiative launched by several industry players on the second day of Elfack.
- The industry as a whole is crying out for increased gender equality to drive greater diversification and innovation, so we want to work together to mak...
22 September / 2023
SG Armaturen: New EU requirements boost sales
In September, the last exemption for the sale and production of fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps in the EU will disappear. This is forcing end users to realise that it is time to change their luminaires.
- We get asked a lot of questions, so at Elfack we’re taking the opportunity to s...
More than 70 per cent of the world’s electricity flows through the grid with the help of products from Siemens, and at Elfack they showcased everything from digital twins to SF6-free switchgear.
- It is only when we succeed in connecting the real world with the digital world that we can real...
20 June / 2023
SolarEdge: Solar energy is a natural part of Elfack
The energy technology company SolarEdge exhibited at Elfack for the first time.
- At first we thought we would only exhibit at solar fairs, but considering both our development and that of the industry, the answer was that we would obviously be here, to learn from each other, says Daniel Sjödin...
– This government is doing precisely what’s needed to worsen the skills supply in our industry!
This is the opinion of the Swedish Electricians’ Association, which organised a panel discussion at Elfack on the risks to the Swedish energy supply. And their criticism was not merciful. Faster...