SELMA - Sustainable ELectrical MAchines
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan - KTH Skolan f elektroteknik och datavetenskap |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 1 497 996 |
| Project duration | October 2025 - March 2026 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Venture | Cluster of Excellence for Cutting-Edge Technologies - calls for proposals |
| Call | Visions for world-leading research and innovation in strategic technology areas |
Purpose and goal
Our objective is to establish a Swedish Cluster of Excellence in energy and materials and to become a world-leading innovation center by 2035, paving the way for the development, industrialization, and use of sustainable technologies for electrical machines. This will decouple electrification from problematic material dependencies and their associated environmental and socio-economic consequences, while driving development towards more efficient, power-dense electric machines.
Expected effects and result
Our initial efforts to develop the Cluster´s vision will focus on reinforcing synergies between electrical machine specialists in design and control and material scientists with expertise in magnetic materials (extraction, manufacturing, recycling) and copper. We will also seek help from our industrial partners and incorporate additional external industries aligned with the project vision. The actions will produce a list of concrete activities for the SELMA cluster.
Planned approach and implementation
We are going to divide our consortium into two subgroups - one dedicated to electrical machine design, the other to materials. Each subgroup will be responsible for producing a list of concrete actions to fulfill our cluster´s vision. The key point is that each generated list will depend on the activities in the other list - that is, we are looking for synergies on purpose. In the meantime, we will contact and meet with potential additional partners and draft the final application.