Nothing since 13/12/23 … surely we’re getting close. I can nearly smell it.
Look at here
www.domstol.se
They're already at work. But I haven't the slightest idea how fast or how many employees they have. I don't think Schwenden will be any different to others and the courts are totally overloaded. Of course, this is also because of the associations and organisations that actually mean well for the environment. but in our case the opposite can be achieved. Semmel knows what I'm talking about. In his city, there are over 5600 open cases against an organisation called the Last Generation (maybe already mentioned), which sticks to the streets or attacks things. On the other hand, half of all tax evasion cases, such as those involving clans or betting shops, have been dropped.
Here is a summary of the projects far up north. These are huge challenges. We can be glad that we are among the old players and will be the first.
"The green transition in the north – a huge managerial challenge
THE GREEN TRANSITIONA gigantic challenge. For the whole society, and for the managers who have to row it all ashore. It is about the industrial revolution in upper Norrland, which will transform Sweden into a leading force in the global climate transition. It is likely that you too will be affected by the large-scale industrial experiment.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, up to SEK 1,100 billion will be pumped into wind farms, battery factories, mines, steel mills and entire industrial processes in North and Västerbotten. Investments that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions to a minimum and redirect the entire society in a green, sustainable and fossil-free direction.
Ultimately, it is about nothing less than saving the world and humanity from a looming climate catastrophe.
The size and power of the northern societal transformation makes the world astounded. The stakes are so huge that they are hard to grasp. But they will go down in the history books, and are already turning whole cities upside down (literally, Kiruna and Malmberget have to move).
Places like Luleå and Skellefteå are getting new life and the whole region is buzzing with activity. In a few years, heavy industrial projects such as Northvolt, H2 Green Steel, Fertiberia and Hybrit have established themselves, while the mining and steel giants LKAB and SSAB are restructuring their entire operations.
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From stagnation to strong expansion: 40,000 new jobs are expected in and around the new industrial projects.
Another 10,000 jobs will be created in sectors such as school, care, trade, restaurants and culture. An increase in employment in the region by as much as 20 percent, and an expected population growth of upwards of 100,000 people.
All in a country that has long struggled against the wind.
At the same time, we are still only "at the end of the beginning" of the green industrial transition, says the government's former coordinator for the expansions in the north, Peter Larsson. Many problems remain, and questions of fate loom large in a world that seems increasingly uncertain.
How to manage the supply of skills and get more people to move to the north? Will the electricity and raw materials be enough? How is the "ordinary" municipal manager supposed to get it together with housing, schools and all other community services that are required, when the economy is simultaneously pointing down?
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The recent death at the battery manufacturer Northvolt in Skellefteå raises further questions about the safety in and around the giant industrial ventures and the working conditions of the many foreign guest workers.
"The social transformation in northern Sweden must succeed," writes Peter Larsson in a report to the government, in terms that almost resemble an incantation.
The next five years will be decisive for how things will go. Will the high expectations be fulfilled? Or is it a green bubble waiting to burst?
Chief looks north to seek answers to the most burning questions.
Almost all are linked to leadership.
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A SELECTION OF GIANT PROJECTS IN NORRLAND
KIRUNA
LKAB
CEO Jan Moström
Four to five so-called iron sponge plants, for the production of carbon dioxide-free iron raw material using hydrogen gas. An expansion from previous plans of only three. Planned start of construction around 2030. North of the central city is probably Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals, necessary in e.g. electric cars and wind turbines. LKAB has applied for a processing concession.
Copperstone
CEO Jörgen Olsson
Swedish mining company that wants to bring the closed Viscaria mine back to life, for mining the scarce metal copper, which is of central importance for the green transition. The project is controversial, representatives of the Sami have said that coexistence is impossible.
VITTANGI
Talga
CEO Mark Thompson
Australian mining company planning a mine for the extraction of graphite, but even these plans are disputed and the environmental permit appealed.
GÄLLIVARE
H 2 Green Steel
CEO Henrik Henriksson
Steel production with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. Start 2024, full operation 2030. The hydrogen factory adjacent to the steel mill will be disrupted in the world.
LULEÅ
Hybrid
CEO Ulf Spolander
Pilot plant for the production of sponge iron, as well as a pilot plant for the storage of hydrogen gas. Hybrit is a joint venture owned by LKAB, Vattenfall and SSAB that develops new production technology.
Talga
Europe's first pilot factory for the manufacture of battery anodes. Full-scale production is planned, but it is based on the company's mining of graphite in Vittangi becoming a reality.
Fertiberia
CEO Javier Goñi
The Spanish fertilizer giant's planned factory for "green" ammonia and artificial fertilizers. Start of production in 2027.
SSAB
CEO Martin Lindqvist
New plant with electrified arc furnaces and fossil-free steel production in so-called mini mills. The coking plant is decommissioned and carbon dioxide emissions in Luleå are reduced by 90 percent.
LKAB
CEO Jan Moström
Circular industrial park for the production of rare earth metals from mining waste, as well as phosphorus and mineral fertilizers. Planned start in 2027.
PITEÅ
Markbygden's wind farm
Europe's largest wind farm, which accounts for up to seven percent of Sweden's energy production. The company that operates parts of the area and is 75 percent owned by the Chinese state, Markbygden Ett, recently applied for reconstruction. A total of over 1,100 wind turbines are planned."
Industriella revolutionen i övre Norrland: En gigantisk utmaning för hela samhället – och för cheferna som ska ro det hela i land.
chef.se
It has come to this. Imagine we don't do exactly what they want. You Aussies are much braver than us. At least you behave much more directly and clearly as far as I can see from a distance.