Infrastructure as the bottleneck:
Traditional grid systems, designed for centralized, often time fossil-fuel-based production, lack the flexibility to handle the variable nature of renewable energy, the variable pattern and increased usage of electricity. Building new infrastructure to address these limitations is costly and time-intensive, creating delays that slow down the transition.
The case for decentralization:
Decentralized energy systems offer a transformative solution. By moving away from centralized production and distribution, we can create localized, flexible energy systems capable of balancing supply and demand at the community level. These systems reduce reliance on costly grid upgrades, ensure energy security, and enable renewable energy integration more effectively.
A growing demand for energy:
Industries and municipalities are experiencing increasing pressure as energy demand grows rapidly through e.g. the electrification meta trend. Localized capacity solutions—such as energy storage systems and adaptive grid technologies—are essential to overcoming capacity shortages, supporting industrial growth, and maintaining energy reliability in the face of mounting challenges.
Why Polar Energy?
Polar Energy’s approach directly addresses these bottlenecks by offering local security of supply, scalable solutions tailored to the needs of specific regions and industries. By focusing on local solutions and flexibility, we ensure that the transition to green energy is both achievable in the short-term and sustainable.
To empower communities and industries with localized, planned capacity solutions that address capacity challenges where they arise. By leveraging partnerships and proven technologies, we deliver cost-effective, flexible infrastructure that ensures resilience, accelerates the green transition, and supports sustainable growth.
To create a future where decentralized energy systems enable local security of supply, ensuring reliable, flexible, and sustainable energy infrastructure. Through innovative solutions and partnerships, we aim to reduce grid cost, foster industrial expansion, and meet the growing energy needs of tomorrow.
Polar Energy,a subsidiary of Polar Structure, is dedicated to addressing critical capacity challenges in the energy sector. By working directly with municipalities, industries, and local energy providers, we ensure sustainable, cost-effective solutions that meet both local and national needs.
Challenges in the energy sector
- Variable production: Inconsistent energy production due to the shift from conventional to renewable sources like wind and solar.
- Increased demand: Significant capacity shortages driven by higher energy consumption.
- Grid costs and delays: Building new grid infrastructure is costly and time-consuming.
Our approach
We focus on developing, operating and owning local security of supply solutions to overcome these challenges.
- What we build: Capacity solutions such as Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), gasturbines/motors, heat pumps etc.
- How we build: Collaborative partnerships with local energy providers, strategically locating critical infrastructure near demand.
- Who we serve: Local energy companies, grid operators, industries, district heating companies, Svenska Kraftnät (SVK) etc.
Decentralized energy systems
From centralized to decentralized:
Today’s centralized energy systems rely on large-scale, centrally managed production and distribution networks. However, growing capacity challenges demand a shift to a decentralized model.
- Today’s system: Few large-scale assets, centrally controlled.
- Tomorrow’s system: Many decentralized assets that ensure flexibility, reliability, and local adaptability.
Benefits of decentralization:
- Increased energy reliability.
- Lower dependency on national and regional grids.
- Cost-effectiveness and sustainability.
Flexibility solutions
A Flex Utility transforms energy infrastructure into a decentralized, flexible network that balances supply and demand efficiently. It integrates renewable energy, battery storage systems (BESS), and other local capacity solutions to meet capacity needs sustainably while reducing reliance on centralized grids.
Key flexibility solutions:
- Optimize regional grids:
Reduce risks, penalties, and grid capacity peaks by optimizing against larger regional demands, improving utilization rates, and lowering subscription costs. - Optimize local grids:
Maximize the efficiency of existing infrastructure and avoid the need for costly new grid investments (CAPEX). This also increases grid utilization currently constrained by regulations. - Local security of supply:
Ensure resilience with localized solutions such as “black start” capabilities, island mode operation, and reduced dependency on national grids, empowering local communities. - Enable industrial growth:
Support the green transformation by providing reliable energy infrastructure for new and existing industries, helping municipalities attract industrial establishments and meet capacity needs.
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Team
Former CEO of Fortum in Sweden and part of Fortum’s Management Team. Before that, Per held several leading positions within the Fortum group with responsibility for, among other things, energy trading, corporate strategy, acquisitions and research and development.
per@polarstructure.se
Expertise in strategic communication, media relations, and advocacy. Experience from multinational corporations, NGOs, start-ups, and M&A. Former VP of Corporate Communications and member of the management team of the Generation Division at Fortum; Communications Director at Sustainable Innovation AB; and Chief Press Officer at Svenskt Näringsliv.
fredrik@polarcapacity.se
Phone: +46 768-66 77 25
Extensive experience from the industrial sector within international business development and investments. Focus on energy sector and manufacturing industries. Previous experience from e.g. investment company Storskogen, Permobil and ABB. Previous board member for several industrial companies.
maria.keyserallen@polarstructure.se
As an engineer at heart, Carl has broad experience and understanding of the energy industry. Carl has experience in valuations and transactions within infrastructure investments from Polhem Infra, as well as in business and operational development in the energy industry as a consultant and consultant manager at Knowit energy management. At Polar Capacity, Carl is responsible for business development, transactions and valuation.
carl@polarcapacity.se
Phone: 073-0740409
Previously at Veolia Nordic AB, where she was a Finance Manager. Veolia Nordic AB operates in four business areas; recycling, water, energy and support services for industry. Prior to that, Sofie was a Certified Public Accountant at PwC.
sofie@polarcapacity.se
Long experience in the electricity industry in leading positions as CEO and chairman of the board in subsidiaries within Fortum and Vattenfall as well as management consultant at CapGemini. Ran IT startup (Expektra) and own consulting business for more than 10 years. Broad competence in sales, business development and strategy. Expertise in e-trading, everything from derivatives trading and spot trading to support services.
Extensive experience in the power and energy sectors, with a focus on grid stabilization and capacity addition solutions. Previous experience includes roles at Elicom AB, H&MV Engineering, and OneCo. Specialist in smart meters, energy storage, and project management for low to high-voltage projects.