2022
The Grand Prize for Engineering 2022 – Student – awarded by Trafikverket
Winner: Elvftech
Jury statement:
Through their innovative solution, energy losses from electricity production can be significantly reduced, which also decreases carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, they have the potential to contribute positively to our biggest challenge of today, the climate crisis. They address a highly relevant societal issue of reducing energy consumption for industries, which can contribute to a more energy-efficient society. The technology has a broad range of applications and can be used by a multitude of actors, making the opportunities for scaling up very significant. Overall, we hope that this award can help the company take steps to get their concept out faster and thereby contribute to the sustainable society of the future. The Stora Ingenjörspriset in the student category goes to Elvftech
In the jury:
Rikard Herlitz – Director of Engineering, Google
Caroline Hjelm – Head of Marketing, Voi Technology
Patrik Kägu – Innovation advisor, Almi
Bodil Sidén – Partner, blq invest
Olof Johansson – Programchef Digitaliseringen av transportsystemet, Trafikverket