Sweco wins two contracts as part of Svenska kraftnät’s plan to strengthen the electricity grids in Stockholm and Uppsala regions

Sweco wins two contracts as part of Svenska kraftnät’s plan to strengthen the electricity grids in Stockholm and Uppsala regions

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 11-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweco (STO: SWEC-B), a European engineering consultancy company, has announced that the company has won two new contracts as part of the comprehensive work for the upgrade and future-proof of the electricity grids in the Stockholm and Uppsala regions undertaken by Svenska kraftnät, an electricity transmission system operator in Sweden.

Svenska kraftnät will strengthen the Stockholm and Uppsala regions’ electricity grids to meet future needs of secure electricity supply. Under an assignment from the Swedish Energy Agency, Sweco has previously estimated that Sweden’s electricity consumption could increase by over 20 TWh by 2030.

Sweco has now been tasked with the project planning of a new 26 km overhead transmission line between Odensala in Sigtuna and Överby in Sollentuna with a higher voltage level than the existing line. In the Uppsala package, Sweco will also pre-plan the construction and renewal of about 100–150 km of overhead lines mainly in Uppsala County.

“Strengthening the electricity grid in the Stockholm and Uppsala regions is a prerequisite for the regions’ continued development. I am very proud of winning these two assignments. It is pleasing to be bestowed with confidence to continue to develop the core electricity grid in the region together with Svenska kraftnät,” says Conny Udd, Division Manager for Energy and Industry, Sweco Sweden.

Sweco’s assignment in the Uppsala region will start immediately and is expected to be completed at the end of 2023. The assignment in the Stockholm region will start in October 2022 and is expected to continue until 2028.

Sweco plans and designs the sustainable communities and cities of the future. Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our 17,500 architects, engineers and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable. Sweco is Europe’s leading engineering and architecture consultancy, with sales of approximately SEK 21 billion (EUR 2 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. www.swecogroup.com.

Media contacts:

Conny Udd, Division Manager for Energy and Industry, Sweco Sweden, conny.udd@sweco.se, +46 70 698 23 98
Sofie Sidoli, Head of Press Sweco Sweden, sofie.sidoli@sweco.se, +46 10 484 50 20

SOURCE: Sweco AB