#Sweden

Hitachi Energy has commissioned Peab to expand its power transformer production in Sweden through a turnkey project valued at $88 M (SEK 831 M).

The new transformer station will power container and Ro-Ro terminals by 2027, helping the port meet EU shore power rules and cut vessel emissions.

Three high-voltage autotransformers will support Ukraine’s grid stability, backed by funding from Japan, Sweden, and UNDP amid ongoing energy challenges.

The company is adding an additional facility to support continuous growth.

The new 400 kV Hall substation, located south of Stockholm, has been successfully handed over from Linxon to Svenska kraftnät.

Hitachi Energy is expanding its transformers components factory in Piteå by investing in new machinery and increasing the number of employees by 50%.

Swedish energy company Ellevio has acquired Markbygden Net Vast AB, a company building a power network in the northern Swedish region of Norrbotten.

Končar Power Transformers Ltd. (KPT) has announced a new business collaboration with Vattenfall Eldistribution AB.

Hitachi Energy is investing in a renewable energy generation plant next to its factory in Figeholm, Sweden, thus marking a step toward becoming carbon neutral.

Hitachi Energy and Kanonaden Entreprenad Mälardalen AB will deploy a power quality solution for Svenska kraftnät to increase the capacity of existing transmission lines.

Hitachi Energy has inaugurated its new factory in Smedjebacken, Sweden.

HD Hyundai Electric Co. has signed a 66.2 billion won ($49.6 million) contract to supply power equipment to a Swedish power company.

Hitachi Energy has signed a framework agreement with Svenska kraftnät, which carries out investments to strengthen the Swedish grid and enable the energy transition.

The main objective of the line is to increase the cross-border transmission capacity by 800 MW from Sweden to Finland and 900 MW from Finland to Sweden.

The project is expected to have up to 147 wind turbines and an estimated production of 11.7 TWh per year.

The project is expected to be connected to the grid at the end of 2025 and to generate 100 GWh of power per year.

The company reports it experienced strong demand for its Naphthenic Specialty Products (NSP), particularly in transformer oils.

The project could start production in 2030.

The power transmission equipment manufacturer won the order from Svenska kraftnät.

Hitachi Energy’s power quality solutions aim to improve transmission capacity and voltage stability in the power grid.

Hitachi Energy has announced that it is expanding its production in Smedjebacken and Ludvika, in the Dalarna region of Sweden.

Dalekovod has announced the completion of a transmission line in Sweden.

Ellevio has acquired Markbygden Net AB, a modern transmission network which connects Europe’s largest wind farm cluster Markbygden 1101 outside Piteå in northern Sweden.

Svenska Kraftnät has awarded Sweco $4.5 million to modernize the country’s electricity grid.