Helena Sundberg, Author at Hybrit

24 February 2026

Decision on extended operation of HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen storage in Luleå

HYBRIT has been granted an extension of its temporary building permit, allowing the operation of the pilot facility for fossil‑free hydrogen storage in Svartöberget in Luleå until 2031. The HYBRIT initiative was launched in 2016 by owners SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall with the aim of developing the world’s first fossil-free, ore-based iron- and steelmaking. As …

19 September 2025

HYBRIT:s Hydrogen storage won Ny Tekniks Grand Prize for Engineering 2025 in Sustainability

Marie Anheden, Vattenfall, Project Manager for the Hydrogen Storage Project and Gunilla Hyllander, General Manager at Hybrit Development AB (Photographer: Markus Fischer, Vattenfall) Fossil-free hydrogen storage in lined rock caverns ready for industralization and now the hydrogen storage project has won the Grand Prize for Engineering 2025 in Sustainability, a prestigious award awarded by the …