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For a smart sustainable energy system

Glava Energy Center is a member driven association that is passionate about making Värmland and the world self-sufficient in renewable energy – with the sun in the center.


Innovation

Idea development, co-creation and testing in a Living Lab. We offer an open and user-driven innovation ecosystem in real environments and several test beds in solar energy, solar cells and sustainable energy solutions.


Education

With a wide range of trainings on solar cells, planning, battery storage and fire, we want to contribute to increased quality and safety as well as a continued positive development for the solar energy industry.


Energy leadership

Through collaborations and projects, we work to promote innovative thinking and proactive energy leadership to secure society's and industry's electricity supply and meet the climate challenge.

News & Events

A busy road passes through a wind farm in a forest. In the background a lake looms in the sunset.

NewsEuropean Project Aims to Spread Tools for Sustainable Regional Development

How do you practically integrate sustainability into regional development, and how do you measure progress? In the EU project ARIES4, Glava Energy Center and Karlstad University collaborate with partners from three other European regions to identify best practices and useful tools. The starting point is the experiences of companies, universities, regions, and municipalities.

A female and male course participant stands outside next to a wooden stand in a solar park with a teacher who demonstrates a technique for solar cell measurement.

NewsKnowledge of Inspections Competitive Edge in the Solar Industry

The slowdown in the number of installed solar power systems is creating tougher times in the solar energy industry. This gives companies all the more reason to invest in knowledge about quality and safety, according to Per Hederstedt, course leader at Glava Energy Center. Last week, he conducted an inspection course in the test and solar park at Glava.

Solar panel and battery storage on a blue wall and the Elmia Solar Logo.

NewsGlava Energy Center partners with Elmia Solar 2025

In February 2025, the second edition of the Elmia Solar industry fair will take place. Glava Energy Center is joining as a fair partner with the mission to contribute to a knowledge-intensive stage program.