News and Press Releases
OKG has appointed a new CEO
PressmeddelandeThe Board of OKG has appointed Johan Lundberg as the new CEO of OKG AB. Johan Lundberg is today head of the fuel factory at Westinghouse in Västerås. He will assume the position at OKG after the summer.
Extended Outage at OKG with the Purpose of Improving the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
PressmeddelandeThis year's outage at OKG will be extended by approximately three weeks. The decision to move forward the works, which will begin on 1 August, has been made in order to prevent the risk of the Coronavirus spreading among the workers. The revised activity plan will as of now be based on the aim of having as few co-workers as possible on site at the same time.
Electricity Production Resumed after Successful Completion of Maintenance Measures
PressmeddelandeUnit Oskarshamn 3 (O3) has resumed the production of fossil free base load power for the Swedish national grid. The production was resumed after a stop of production for approximately two days, for measures to be taken on a leaky valve in the reheater system.
Leaking valve stops O3 production
PressmeddelandeDuring Monday afternoon, production at Oskarshamn 3 (O3) will be stopped temporarily to replace a leaky valve in the turbine's intermediate overheating system.
OKG 2019 – Safe Operation Resulted in Record High Deliveries of Fossil Free Electricity
PressmeddelandeIn 2019, OKG delivered almost 11 billion kilowatt hours of fossil free electricity to the Nordic power market. By having a nearly trouble-free operation, unit Oskarshamn 3 (O3) thus beat the previous delivery record from 2018.
Early Retirement for Pioneer Plant after 45 Years of Service
PressmeddelandeUnit Oskarshamn 1 (O1) is in many respects a pioneer plant and represents an epoch in Swedish engineering.