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Smoltek’s IR blog

Wel­come to the Smoltek blog! Here, we write for share­hold­ers and prospec­tive investors. We expand on tech­ni­cal and finan­cial news, pro­vid­ing back­ground infor­ma­tion and clar­i­fy­ing what makes it note­wor­thy and how it affects our business.

The tone is infor­mal and some­times play­ful. That’s inten­tion­al. Our aim is to make it easy and enjoy­able for you to under­stand our tech­nol­o­gy and busi­ness. We believe that the most valu­able share­hold­ers and investors are those who under­stand our oper­a­tions and believe in what we do. This is a lot to ask, giv­en how tech­ni­cal­ly and com­mer­cial­ly advanced our work is. But we have faith in you.

E‑fuel made of hydrogen

E‑fuel made of hydrogen

Jan­u­ary 31, 2024

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?

Smoltek’s unfair advantage

Smoltek’s unfair advantage

Jan­u­ary 23, 2024

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.

Tech brief: Hydrogen classification systems

Tech brief: Hydrogen classification systems

Jan­u­ary 16, 2024

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.

The shocking history of capacitors

The shocking history of capacitors

Decem­ber 24, 2023

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!

Is Smoltek Hydrogen ahead of the game?

Is Smoltek Hydrogen ahead of the game?

Decem­ber 1, 2023

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.

Background on the tax increase for Smoltek

Background on the tax increase for Smoltek

Novem­ber 15, 2023

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.

Why capacitors?

Why capacitors?

Novem­ber 9, 2023

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.

On the Curse of Knowledge and the need for a glossary

On the Curse of Knowledge and the need for a glossary

Octo­ber 31, 2023

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.

Q&A about capacitors and electrolyzers

Q&A about capacitors and electrolyzers

Octo­ber 20, 2023

HÃ¥kan Pers­son, CEO of Smoltek, talked at the one-day con­fer­ence Aktieda­gen Lund orga­nized by Akties­parar­na (the Swedish Share­hold­ers’ Asso­ci­a­tion). His pre­sen­ta­tion offered some news and insights that are worth explor­ing fur­ther. So, let’s fol­low up with some ques­tions for HÃ¥kan.

The machine

The machine

Octo­ber 12, 2023

In March 2022, we told the world we had ordered a machine. In Octo­ber 2023, we announced that it is ready for deliv­ery. But what kind of machine is it? What does it do? Why has it tak­en so long? Where will it be locat­ed? How will it be used? You will find the answers here.