High Voltage Valley

What High Voltage Valley does

High Voltage Valley is a Swedish cluster initiative and neutral collaboration platform focused on the electrical power technology sector in the Dalarna region. Founded at the end of 2005 by the regional development company AB Samarkand2015 together with Hitachi Energy (then ABB), STRI, KTH, Uppsala University, and Chalmers, it operates as an organized arena where large and small companies, academic institutions, and public actors coordinate on research and development projects, innovation development, supplier development for the electrical power industry, and competence supply. Since 2014 it has been a regular, integrated part of AB Samarkand2015's operations.

The initiative runs no commercial product line; its deliverable is the cluster itself — joint R&D projects, new services/products/processes developed together with member firms and universities, and structured working groups such as High Voltage Valley Walk. Its activities are organized around a steering group with company, university, and public-sector representation, supported by an expert panel in electrical power technology. The stated mission is to further develop what is described as the region's world-leading position in elkraftteknik (electrical power technology), and HVV explicitly positions itself as a neutral facilitator rather than a vendor.

Financially, High Voltage Valley is a fully externally financed project rather than a revenue-generating business. It applies for co-financing from Swedish national agencies — Tillväxtverket, VINNOVA, and Energimyndigheten — as well as from Region Dalarna and the Ludvika and Smedjebacken municipalities for individual development projects. Ownership sits with AB Samarkand2015, which is in turn jointly owned in equal parts by Ludvika and Smedjebacken municipalities, Region Dalarna, Hitachi Energy in Ludvika, and Ovako in Smedjebacken through the economic association Samarkand2015. Headcount is 1-10 employees and the headquarters is at Fredsgatan 27, Ludvika, Sweden.

Name

High Voltage Valley

Legal name

High Voltage Valley

Website

https://highvoltagevalley.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

High Voltage Valley is a Swedish cluster initiative founded in 2005 that acts as a neutral collaboration platform for companies, universities, and public actors to advance electrical power technology R&D in the Dalarna region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial R&D Cluster / Power Technology Collaboration Services

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Overhead Transmission Line EPC (HV/EHV) (EUAEABAA)

Keywords

• Power technology cluster
• R&D collaboration platform
• Supplier development programs
• Competence development services
• Electrical engineering research

Headquarters

HQ city

Ludvika

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Project-based funding: High Voltage Valley is a completely externally funded project. The organization secures funding through project-based applications to government agencies and regional bodies, including Tillväxtverket, VINNOVA, Energimyndigheten, Region Dalarna, and municipalities for co-financing of development projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

High Voltage Valley is a neutral, non-profit cluster initiative founded in 2005 that coordinates collaboration in electrical power technology between industry, academia, and public-sector actors in Sweden. It runs joint R&D projects, supplier and competence development programs, and working groups such as HVV Walk, connecting companies like Hitachi Energy and Ovako with universities and government agencies to strengthen the regional and national power-technology ecosystem.

Product overview

High Voltage Valley is a cluster initiative platform focused on electrical power technology. The organization serves as a neutral arena where companies, universities, and public actors collaborate on research and development projects, innovation development, supplier development for the electrical power industry, and competence provision. The platform coordinates development projects that result in new services, products, or processes, and often applies for co-financing from agencies like Tillväxtverket, VINNOVA, and Energimyndigheten. High Voltage Valley also supports the High Voltage Valley Walk project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• High Voltage Valley Walk: A project related to High Voltage Valley's collaborative initiatives within the electrical power technology cluster

Products and services

• High Voltage Valley Cluster Platform
• HVV Walk (High Voltage Valley Walk)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• AB Samarkand2015coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005AB Samarkand2015 is the parent organization and regional development company that owns High Voltage Valley. HVV has been a regular part of AB Samarkand2015's operations since 2014. The organization serves as the neutral platform coordinator for the cluster initiative.
• Hitachi Energy (formerly ABB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Hitachi Energy (formerly ABB) was one of the founding initiators of High Voltage Valley in 2005. The company is co-owner through AB Samarkand2015 and represents a major industrial anchor in the electrical power technology sector in the region.
• STRIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005STRI was one of the founding initiators of High Voltage Valley in 2005, contributing expertise in the electrical power technology field.
• KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005KTH was one of the founding initiators of High Voltage Valley in 2005, providing academic research collaboration and expertise in electrical power technology.
• Uppsala UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Uppsala University was one of the founding initiators of High Voltage Valley in 2005, contributing academic research capabilities to the cluster initiative.
• Chalmers University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Chalmers University of Technology was one of the founding initiators of High Voltage Valley in 2005, providing academic expertise and research collaboration in electrical power technology.
• TillväxtverketsupportingOthersSwedish agency for economic and regional growth that provides co-financing for development projects submitted by High Voltage Valley.
• VINNOVAsupportingOthersSwedish Innovation Agency that provides funding for innovation and research projects, co-financing projects submitted by High Voltage Valley.
• EnergimyndighetensupportingOthersSwedish Energy Agency that provides funding for energy-related development projects submitted by High Voltage Valley.
• Region DalarnacoreOthersRegion Dalarna is a co-owner of AB Samarkand2015 and provides co-financing for development projects as well as representation in the steering group.
• Ludvika and Smedjebackens municipalitiescoreOthersLudvika and Smedjebackens municipalities are co-owners of AB Samarkand2015 and provide municipal co-financing for development projects and representation in governance.
• OvakocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOvako in Smedjebacken is a co-owner of AB Samarkand2015, representing industrial participation in the cluster initiative within the electrical power technology ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• STRI: Sweden-based electrical power technology research institute and a founding initiator of HVV. Closely adjacent ecosystem participant with overlapping research capabilities in high-voltage systems.
• Swedish Energy Research Centre (SERC / Energiforsk): Swedish industry-led R&D organization for the energy sector; an adjacent enabling body that channels collaborative research between utilities, industry, and academia in domains overlapping HVV's electrical-power focus.

Direct peers

• Energy Valley: Norwegian cluster dedicated to energy innovation and clean-tech collaboration across companies, R&D, and public actors. Highly analogous cluster-economy model to HVV.
• Cleantech Scandinavia: Scandinavian cluster initiative connecting cleantech companies, investors, and public actors — analogous neutral-platform cluster model with a Nordic focus overlapping HVV's energy mandate.
• Power Circle: Swedish innovation cluster / non-profit that brings together companies, academia, and public actors to accelerate electrification — directly comparable to HVV as a domestically-rooted, neutral electrical-power cluster initiative.
• Energy Systems Catapult: UK-based innovation catapult focused on whole-energy-systems innovation, bridging industry, academia, and government. Comparable structure to HVV's neutral platform role.
• Energy Cluster Denmark: Danish cluster organization convening industry, academia, and public-sector actors around energy innovation. Closely comparable structure and mandate to HVV's neutral collaboration model.

Regional players

• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI): Ireland's national sustainable energy agency coordinating R&D, demonstration, and competence programs. Comparable public-mandate cluster/agency hybrid, though at a national rather than regional scale.
• Oresund Energy: Cross-border Øresund region cluster promoting energy collaboration across Sweden and Denmark. Comparable cluster model focused on energy innovation with a regional anchor.

Broad incumbents

• InnoEnergy: European innovation engine backed by the EIT focused on sustainable energy; operates at a much larger scale than HVV but pursues a comparable industry-academia-public collaboration mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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