Sweden’s Linköping University partners with Siemens Energy
(L. – r.) LiU’s Vice-Chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson and Hans Holmström, CEO of Siemens Energy AB. Image: Magnus Johansson
Linköping University (LiU) has entered into a strategic partnership with Siemens Energy on solutions to energy sector challenges.
The partnership, LiU’s ninth, will open the way for new areas of skills development and research that can contribute to the global energy transition.
LiU, a public research university based in Linköping in southern Sweden, is one of the country’s largest academic institutions.
The partnership is said to consolidates the good relations that already exist between the university and Siemens Energy, according to a statement.
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Siemens Energy has an office in Linköping and its Swedish headquarters are in nearby Finspång, where also its Zero Emission Hydrogen Turbine Centre is located.
“During LiU’s 50-year history, collaboration with the surrounding community and business has been an important key to our success. Strategic partners help us design relevant courses and conduct excellent research,” says Vice-Chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson.
“We are now very pleased to sign yet another agreement, this time with Siemens Energy AB, which has a strong position in a very important area.”
Current strategic partners of LiU also include Linköping Municipality, Norrköping Municipality, Region Östergötland, Tekniska verken, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), ABB Sweden, Ericsson and Saab.
Hans Holmström, CEO of Siemens Energy, adds: “Our collaboration will be based on Siemens Energy’s strategic roadmap and LiU’s cutting-edge research, especially in areas such as energy technology, digitalisation and sustainable development. We also get access to important research infrastructure and an established innovation system.”
The agreement with Siemens Energy also should enable an even more attractive career path for LiU’s students and doctoral students in a global company in the energy sector.
Among recent research from LiU is the development of a battery based on conductive plastics that is soft and malleable with liquid electrodes. If and when the technology is commercialised it would open new ways for integrating batteries into day to day consumer and health devices and gadgets such as mobile phones and pacemakers.
