News and press releases

Sweden aims to become a fossil-free welfare nation by 2045. This call for proposals provides aid to projects which, based on sustainable biobased raw materials, have the potential to contribute to solving the energy and climate challenges that Sweden faces as part of meeting this goal. This means that the projects must be relevant to the future energy system, while at the same time contributing to solving the climate challenges.

Are you working with transport, energy or urban planning in Nordic cities/regions or national authorities? Then we welcome you to attend our conference Sustainable Nordic cities with focus on climate smart mobility.

If you research within recycling of batteries or within batteries for stationary or vehicle applications, you are welcome to apply for support in the eight call for Batterifondsprogrammet.

Smart City Sweden welcomes delegations from all over the world that are interested in investing in smart & sustainable city solutions. Some of these solutions from Sweden are demonstrated in a new short film.

The Swedish Energy Agency and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) published the annual report on the Norwegian-Swedish electricity certificate market in English.

In this call we welcome project proposals that can increase our understanding of potential possibilities, risks and conflicts of interests associated with the transitioning into sustainable energy systems for all. The call is therefore primarily aimed at researchers working with perspectives and methods based in e.g. social sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary research. Proposals should be submitted by December 3, 2020, 23.59 at the latest.

Energy in Sweden – an overview 2020 can now be downloaded from the Swedish Energy Agency's website. The overview of statistics provides easily-accessible information about developments in the energy sector in Sweden.

Wind Power Research in Focus is a conference for those interested in research and innovation in wind power. The conference will be held on October 13, 2020, and the registration has now opened.

Long-term and meaningful investment by the Swedish Energy Agency has developed the entire value chain for biofuels and demonstrates the profitability of using branches and tops (In Swedish: grot) as fuel, as shown by a major evaluation conducted in 2019.

The Municipality of Boden has established a collaboration with the Swedish Energy Agency. The purpose is to promote a holistic approach to energy use, and to promote the future development of industry in primarily IT-related industries and food production.