From Research to Finished Product

Absolicon X10 - The light is focused on the solar cells in the centre of the trough. Each solar cell produces 0,5 Volts and 10 Amperes. The solar cells are cooled by water from the behind and produce 50°C hot water

Absolicon is realising the dream of finding an inexpensive way to generate electricity and thermal heat from sunlight. Our know-how is based on 20 years of Swedish research.

The story of Absolicon starts in 2002. In keeping with the long Swedish tradition of focus on concentrating systems, the company sponsors Logosol, helped to initiate an ambitious research project on concentrators. The project involved around 10 projects at, among others, the Universities in Borlänge, Lund, and Uppsala, as well as at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

After 2005 the project took a more goal-orientated form in order to produce a commercial product. In 2007 Absolicon Solar Concentrator was established and the first demonstration installations were built in Sweden and Germany.

Joakim Byström, Managing Director
Joakim Bystrom (born 1969) is the CEO of Absolicon Solar Concentrator. He is also chairman of the Solar Energy Technician Vocational Training School in Sweden and on the board of the Swedish Solar Energy Society.

He studied engineering physics at Uppsala University and before Absolicon he worked as export manager for portable sawmills at Logosol to develop sustainable forestry.

Outside his professional career, he served three years as Chairman at the Federation of Young Scientists, a youth organization for the advancement of science. He also initiated and chaired the Stockholm Junior Water Prize under the patronage of H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria.
He has also been representative of Sweden to the UN Commission of Sustainable Development and participated in a number of UN environmental negotiations.

For his achievements in combining science, environmental protection and business, Mr. Bystrom has been awarded both from the King CarlXVI Gustaf's 50-Year Fund and the WWF Carl Mannerfeld prize.