Research into renewable energy with forest as the raw material has been carried out in Piteå for a long time. There is now strong expansion of energy technology development in Solander Science Park, the common platform for Piteå’s business environment, in which most of the development activity in the energy field is located.
Markbygden has also been shown to have extremely good wind conditions, and it has been decided that more than a thousand wind turbines will be set up there.
The Swedish Energy Agency has also appointed the Municipality of Piteå as a participant in the project “Sustainable Municipality”, an assignment in which the municipality will oversee all the activities with the aim of making more environmentally friendly choices and investments.