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"Good communication contributes to the energy transition"
Glava Energy Center welcomes Albin Norén as a communicator for the LOKEN project, Local Energy Management Värmland. He is fundamentally a journalist and most recently comes from Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan where he worked as a development manager and produced the podcast Bygdefolk – about opportunities and challenges of living in rural Värmland.
Experienced project manager sees great innovative potential in LOKEN
Glava Energy Center welcomes Eva Lingwall as project and process manager for LOKEN, Local Energy Management Värmland. She comes most recently from Region Värmland where she has worked in regional development focusing on energy, environment, and sustainability issues.
Innovation and business potential promoted at Elmia Solar
Glava Energy Center and Business Region Värmland will participate as exhibitors at the premiere in February of Elmia Solar, the new Nordic meeting place for the solar energy industry. The purpose is to meet industry players and disseminate knowledge about Värmland's unique potential for innovations, skills development, and business establishments within solar energy and smart, sustainable energy systems.
Fortum Shows Interest in Glava Energy Center's Innovation Environment
Future collaborations for the development of innovations were the focus of attention when representatives from Fortum's Wind and Solar Business area Technology and Innovation team visited Glava Energy Center.
Värmland's electricity grid could become a model for the entire Sweden
Over the next year, Glava Energy Center will explore the potential for flexible use and production of electricity within Värmland's power grid. The project is funded by the research entity Energiforsk, aiming for its outcomes to establish a model applicable to all of Sweden's electricity grid owners
Värmland sparks major energy project across municipalities and corporations
Glava Energy Center and Karlstad University have secured funding for their joint project LOKEN – Local Energy Management Värmland. Over three years, the project aims to support the energy transition in Värmland's municipalities, test smart energy solutions, and establish a new regional platform for collaboration among academia, businesses, and public entities. The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and Region Värmland.
CheckWatts partners are trained in smart energy solutions
On behalf of CheckWatt, Glava Energy Center is training prospective partners for the energy service company. The course centers around CheckWatt's services in smart and flexible energy utilization, preparing participants to become partners responsible for installation, service, maintenance, and customer support.
Great interest in course in inspection of solar cells
There is a lot of interest in Glava Energy Center's newly started course Inspection of solar cell installations. The crowded premiere round in mid-October was attended by inspectors, supervisors and project managers as well as solar cell and electrical installers from both Sweden and Norway. A new round of courses is now being arranged on 24-25 January 2024.
Project participants from Navarra, Gabrovo, and Southern Denmark met in Karlstad
Karlstad University and Glava Energy Center welcomed project participants from Aries4, representing the Spanish region of Navarra, the Bulgarian region of Gabrovo, and Southern Denmark, to Karlstad Innovation Park on October 24-25, 2023. This was the second of a total of three face-to-face meetings within the three-year project.
African change agents were trained in Glava
Engineer Jilian Ouko from the electricity grid company Kenya Power was one of 30 change agents from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia who participated in a full-day training at the Glava Energy Center in October. The training is part of LIFE Academy's international and SIDA-funded training program in renewable energy, which will promote change work for sustainable development in African countries.
Future collaborations in focus when Fortum visited Glava
One of Glava Energy Center's nearly 70 members is the energy company Fortum. At the end of June, a delegation from the energy company Glava visited the Energy Center to discuss future collaborations in line with Fortum's investment in solar and wind power in the sustainable energy system of the future.
Sustainable transport the goal for new collaboration with LBC Borås
On behalf of LBC Borås, Glava Energy Center is to drive the work of producing decision-making material for the company's development of a sustainable energy system. The goal for the transport company is to switch from diesel-powered vehicles and reduce the carbon footprint.