Green INNOVATION CREATED IN SANDVIKEN
Researchers from all over the world collaborate with the public sector and industry to create a fossil fuel free society.
PURE ENERGY FROM WIND
The wind park in Jadraås produces electricity for approx. 114 000 homes, the equivalent of a larger Swedish town. In addition to renewable energy, the park has brought employment opportunities, important investments and new skills to the region.
FILL UP WITH HYDROGEN
AND EMIT CLEAN WATER
On December 6 Sweden’s fourth hydrogen refuelling station was opened next to the Göransson Arena. You can refuel your hydrogen fuel cell car here safe in the knowledge that it only emits water – so clean that you can drink it.
The world's largest biogas plant in Forsbacka
Right now in Forsbacka five kilometres west of Sandviken, Gästrike Ekogas is building the world’s largest horizontal thermophilic plug flow plant for dry fermentation.
THE FIRST ELECTRIC HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD WAS TESTED HERE
For three years, the Swedish Transport Administration has tested the electric highway concept as a way of converting the transport system into fossil-free. The test section has run between Kungsgården and Sandviken to evaluate whether it is financially and practically viable to electrify transport routes
all over the world.
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