National Initiative to Secure the Competitiveness of Swedish Industry
Swedish industry is rapidly electrifying, yet the electricity grids are not expanding at the same pace. With advanced digitalization as an enabler, industry can still achieve more with the existing electricity grid. We demonstrate how current capacity can be utilized more intelligently to create room for further electrification, concurrently with grid expansion.
Nearly 50 stakeholders from industry, electricity grids, energy companies, research, and innovation are collaborating in eight industrial demonstrations, complemented by a national Digital Twin. The objective is to transform industry into an active component of the energy system—simultaneously strengthening competitiveness and fostering greater innovation.
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Capacity Exists – Flexibility Enables It to Serve More
Industrial companies seeking to electrify are increasingly met with the same message: the grid is at capacity, and expansion will take years.
The consequence is postponed investments, decelerated transition, and weakened competitiveness. Concurrently, large portions of existing capacity remain unutilized for most of the day—capacity that could be employed if demand were distributed differently.
Four Ways to Free Up Capacity – Without Halting Production
Through advanced digitalization, AI forecasts, and control, industry can utilize electricity more intelligently, manage and shift power in real-time, share energy among stakeholders, and free up capacity in the electricity grids.
The solutions are developed and tested in live industrial operations, complemented by a national Digital Twin where technical, market, and regulatory issues can be examined in a simulated environment. Together, these initiatives transform industry into an active component of the energy system—and strengthen competitiveness by applying new technology where it yields the greatest benefit.
Eight demonstrations – solutions intended for broader application.
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From a pulp mill in Värmland to a car factory in Gothenburg and the food industry in Sotenäs – diverse conditions, yet the same question: how can we maximize the capacity we already possess?
Each demonstration commences in a real industrial environment to investigate how electrification, digitalization, and flexibility can contribute to enhanced production and new opportunities for industry.
Värmland
Industries, grid owners, and energy producers collaborate for increased flexibility
Trollhättan
Manufacturing industry and hydrogen production within the same grid
Sotenäs
Food industry ensuring operation during disruptions
Vårgårda
Industrial cluster measuring, forecasting, and sharing energy
ESAB – Gothenburg
Large-scale welding becomes a controllable flexibility resource
Volvo Cars – Gothenburg
Paint shop and ventilation controlled according to grid conditions
Höganäs AB – Halmstad
Energy-intensive metal powder production with significant power peaks
Småland
Factories and charging of heavy vehicles coordinated with grid capacity
Nearly 50 Stakeholders. A System Transition.
Electrified Flexible Industry unites manufacturing industry, grid owners, energy companies, research institutes, and innovation environments in a leading national initiative for industrial electrification.
The project is coordinated by the Chalmers Industriteknik Foundation and is driven with funding from Vinnova, in conjunction with the participating parties.
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Project with funding from Vinnova within the Advanced Digitalization program
