Vattenfall and Energy Bank, together with Volkswagen, are launching one of the world’s largest pilot projects for bidirectional charging. Around 200 chargers will be installed across central and southern Sweden to test how electric vehicles can support flexibility and stability in the power system. The electricity system is undergoing rapid change, with rising demand and a growing share of weather-dependent generation. This increases the need for flexible resources that can help balance supply and demand in real time. Bidirectional charging – also known as vehicle-to-grid (V2G) – allows electric vehicles…
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Vattenfall’s Annual and Sustainability Report 2025: Stay the course in a complex world
The transition to a fossil-free society is more important than ever. Therefore, Vattenfall continues to accelerate its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while at the same time reporting a strong financial result. The 2025 Annual and Sustainability Report explains how the work is progressing. Since 2017, Vattenfall’s total emissions have decreased by 56%, which means that the company continues to be fully in line with the 1.5-degree target. Europe’s competitiveness is negatively affected by its high dependence on imported fossil fuels. EU still imports about 90% of its fossil…
Read MoreVattenfall builds combined wind and solar park in south-west Germany
Hybrid park Hommerdingen-Biesdorf is Vattenfall’s first combination of wind and PV in Germany and sets standards for modern, cost-efficient, and grid-friendly energy generation. Producing smarter electricity with renewable energies: Vattenfall is now starting construction of the hybrid power plant Hommerdingen-Biesdorf. For the first time in Germany, the company is combining electricity generation from wind and solar under one roof and implementing a concept that Vattenfall has already been successfully operating in the Netherlands for several years. It is another important step for the company to support the transition to fossil-free…
Read MoreVattenfall highlighted as a driving force in new sustainability analysis
The Strategic Brand Radar, based on data from the Sustainable Brand Index between 2011 and 2025, identifies Vattenfall as one of Sweden’s strongest examples of how consumer confidence in sustainability efforts has increased. “Vattenfall is a clear example of how a company can succeed in turning public opinion around and strengthening its position. This positive development shows that change is possible when ambition and action go hand in hand”, says Erik Elvingsson Hedén, CEO and founder of SB Insight, the organisation behind the Sustainable Brand Index. Leading the transition forward…
Read MoreEurope’s first ‘wind power-built’ car park inaugurated
The new Niels Bohr car park in Lund was recently inaugurated, a building partly constructed from disused rotor blades from wind turbines. The building is the first of its kind in Europe and has a façade made from rotor blades from Vattenfall’s now decommissioned Nørre Økse Sø wind farm. “It’s a very smart idea and a really nice building,” says Anne Mette Traberg, Vattenfall’s Country Manager for Denmark. The car park is owned by Lunds kommunala parkeringsbolag (LKP) and is located in the new Brunnshög district on the outskirts of…
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