How do we get electricity grids for the future? 1/6

How do we get electricity grids for the future? 1/6

The electrification of everything from Swedish industry to our transport sector is proceeding at a rapid pace and is a prerequisite for combating climate change. While the debate is raging about how to produce more and more electricity, the electricity grids that will deliver it are silent.

This is a major problem. The challenge of getting sufficient electricity grids in place in time is monumental and the costs that ultimately end up on electricity grid customers will be breathtaking. If we do not take the expansion of electricity grids seriously, there is a great risk that there will be no electricity in the outlet and that Sweden will miss the set climate goals, no matter how much wind or nuclear power we build.

The Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) has brought together some of the brightest minds to outline the challenges of the future electricity grid in a series of short reports.

In this first of six reports, we get Henrik Henriksson's perspective on the electricity grid issue. In his everyday life, Henriksson is CEO of H2 Green Steel, which uses hydrogen instead of coke to produce steel with minimal environmental impact. Hydrogen production requires significant amounts of reliable electricity, delivered on time, to the right place.

HOW DO WE GET ELECTRICITY GRIDS FOR THE FUTURE PART 1/6

If you fix the grid, we fix the climate! - Henrik Henriksson (pdf)

Henrik Henriksson presents his report

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