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Thomas Barregren
IR Blog Posts
August 8, 2024
David Gramnaes brings Budo to the Board
Smoltek’s board of directors has a new member: David Gramnaes. He is the CEO of Gramtec Venture, an investment company within the Gramtec group – one of Smoltek’s longest-standing investors and largest shareholder. In this interview, you get to know him and gain insight into how his experiences have shaped him and how this influences his work on the Board. He also talks candidly about Smoltek’s history and future and the turmoil surrounding Yageo.
IR Blog Posts
June 14, 2024
Extended cut of the interview with YAGEO CTO
BREAKING NEWS: An extended cut of the blockbuster interview with the CTO of Yageo Group has been released. Don't miss it!
IR Blog Posts
June 12, 2024
Answers to questions from the shareholder community
A private investor, known in the shareholder community as Emma200, sent us four excellent and relevant questions. We answer them in this blog post.
IR Blog Posts
June 12, 2024
Q&A on future directions of Smoltek
Did you miss the Q&A session at the end of the webinar with Smoltek's CEO, HÃ¥kan Persson, where he talked about Smoltek's future direction? Then, you should read this account of each question and HÃ¥kan Persson's answers. You won't regret it.
IR Blog Posts
June 11, 2024
Future direction of Smoltek
Did you miss the webinar with Smoltek’s CEO, Håkan Persson, where he talked about Smoltek’s future direction? No worries! We have your back covered. This summarizes the highlights of Håkan’s presentation.
IR Blog Posts
June 4, 2024
Smoltek Hydrogen’s plans revealed
Ellinor Ehrnberg, CEO of Smoltek Hydrogen, is interviewed in a popular podcast. She is asked about her career, the current challenges facing the hydrogen industry, how Smoltek Hydrogen is solving them and the company's future plans. You won't want to miss this! Read the summary and listen to the podcast.
IR Blog Posts
May 22, 2024
Helicopter view of today’s news
This blog post summarizes the most important news in today's flood of press releases from Smoltek.
IR Blog Posts
March 19, 2024
What you don’t know about patents
Surely, you know what a patent is. It’s the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention, right? Gotcha! It’s not. It’s almost the opposite. I know it sounds crazy, but you will understand after reading this article.
IR Blog Posts
March 7, 2024
Advancing Electrochemical Efficiency
Smolek has received patents for three brand-new innovations that all aim to improve the electrical contact inside PEM electrolyzers, fuel cells, and batteries. This article briefly explains the three innovations in layman’s terms. Hopefully, after reading, you will be as excited as we are about the unique position Smoltek has gained in the clean energy market with these patents.
IR Blog Posts
February 29, 2024
The Hydrogen Ladder
Clean hydrogen is essential to limit global warming to below 2°C. Despite the influx of funding, widespread adoption is difficult due to the limited availability of green electricity. Michael Liebreich suggests prioritizing applications via his Hydrogen Ladder framework. In this blog post we explore its implications.
IR Blog Posts
February 21, 2024
Hydrogen is used for more than you think
Clean hydrogen is on the rise. In many areas, it’s one of the few, if not the only, viable solutions to reduce CO2 emissions. The areas of use are many and varied. Providing a complete list is impossible, as new applications are emerging almost daily. To give you a sense of how diverse the market is, this post describes the five key areas of hydrogen applications, first at a glance and then in more detail. The post ends with a selection of applications from the different areas.
IR Blog Posts
February 8, 2024
Hydrogen feeds the world
Fertilizer production requires large amounts of hydrogen. Today, 95 percent of this hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels, leading to colossal greenhouse gas emissions of CO₂. To save the Earth from more than 2 °C of global warming, politicians are using economic incentives to get the fertilizer industry to switch from fossil hydrogen to clean hydrogen produced by electrolyzers. This makes the fertilizer industry one of the largest markets for electrolyzers. In this blog post, we take a closer look at this little-known market, which, given its size, is more interesting than many of the more well-known ones.
IR Blog Posts
January 31, 2024
E‑fuel made of hydrogen
E-fuel is an umbrella term for fossil-free alternatives to gasoline, diesel, and other fossil fuels. These fuels are produced by converting fossil-free hydrogen and capturing carbon dioxide. They can be used in existing engines without increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) in the atmosphere. Is this the silver bullet that allows us to drive cars and other vehicles with a clear conscience?
IR Blog Posts
January 23, 2024
Smoltek’s unfair advantage
An ‘unfair advantage’ is a unique competitive advantage that others cannot match. Do you know what Smoltek's unfair advantage is? Carbon nanofibers? Think again. Or read this light-hearted column to find out what our real unfair advantage is.
IR Blog Posts
January 16, 2024
Tech brief: Hydrogen classification systems
Hydrogen can be produced in many different ways and from different feedstocks. The choice of method and feedstock gives rise to more or less greenhouse gas emissions. In the general discourse on hydrogen and climate change, it is essential to distinguish between different types of hydrogen. As a result, systems have emerged to classify hydrogen, the most commonly known and used being colors. However, the European Commission has introduced one that focuses more on emissions. This tech brief explains the two systems.
IR Blog Posts
December 24, 2023
The shocking history of capacitors
During the festive season, there is time for longreads. We, therefore, want to offer a text that goes beyond what we usually write here on the blog but is not entirely unrelated to what Smoltek does. This is the story of the origin of the capacitor. Happy reading!
IR Blog Posts
December 1, 2023
Is Smoltek Hydrogen ahead of the game?
How does Smoltek's hydrogen business division compare with other PEM electrolyzer players? Smoltek Hydrogen’s president, Ellinor Ehrnberg, attended the 244th ECS meeting in Gothenburg and has the answer. In this interview, she also talks about the challenges of the industry and ways to deal with them.
IR Blog Posts
November 15, 2023
Background on the tax increase for Smoltek
The Swedish Tax Agency has ordered Smoltek to repay two years of research deduction from the employer contribution. The tax agency believes that Smoltek does not conduct sufficiently qualified research and development, which is untrue. This blog post explains the research deduction and why it is so difficult to obtain.
IR Blog Posts
November 9, 2023
Why capacitors?
Smoltek’s business division for the semiconductor industry, Smoltek Semi, focuses one hundred percent on capacitors. Why? After all, a capacitor is not a semiconductor. And what is the endgame for this venture? These are questions we address in this blog post.
IR Blog Posts
October 31, 2023
On the Curse of Knowledge and the need for a glossary
Smolek has created a glossary of terms and abbreviations that may appear in the company's communication. Although everyone who writes for Smoltek does their best to explain in layman's words, technical terms inevitably creep into the text and make it difficult to read. This is due to a cognitive bias known as the Curse of Knowledge. This is the subject of this column, published on the spookiest day of them all – Halloween.