Without cheap electricity – no green industries

Green industry in Northern Sweden attracts a lot of investments at present. A battery factory i Skellefteå and a couple of “steel without coal” ventures in Boden and Luleå could provide as many as 10’000 new jobs in the area. Why this is happening in Northern Sweden is largerly down to the cheap electricity. Electricity that is planned to mainly stem from wind power in the future. However, what happens if the electricity price goes up? We asked CERE members Runar Brännlund, Bengt Kriström and Tommy Lundgren to answer that question. (Only available on the Swedish site)