News and press releases

Meet us at this year's climate change conference (COP 27). The event takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 7 - 18 November 2022.

The Swedish Energy Agency recently co-authored an article that was published in the latest issue of the magazine Carbon Mechanisms Review. A summary of the article follows below.

Globally, cities account for more than 70 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. Therefore, the including of cities in the process of reducing global warming is essential. Sweden's method for organising this on a national level has inspired the EU's Cities Mission.

On Tuesday June 21st, the Swedish Energy Agency declared an “early warning” for the western Swedish natural gas system.

The first reversed auction for operational state aid for bio-CSS will be postponed until 2023. The reason behind the delay is that the Swedish Energy Agency currently lacks the necessary prerequisites to launch the reversed auction.

The call for proposals for the Joint Nordic Hydrogen Research Programme is now open.

In connection with Stockholm +50 – an international meeting on the environment convened by the UN General Assembly – Sweden signed Memorandums of Understanding with Nepal and the Dominican Republic. The agreements lay the groundwork for climate cooperation between the countries under the terms of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

In this call for proposals, the Swedish Energy Agency is providing support for research and innovation projects that contribute to the energy and climate transition by developing knowledge about the role of biomass in society and sustainable bio-based solutions.

The Swedish government has decided to carry out a release of the Swedish emergency stocks of oil. The release is part of the joint collective action decided by the member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on the 1st of March 2022.

The Swedish Energy Agency is allocating SEK 85 million within the research program “Human, Energy Systems and Society” (MESAM). In this call we welcome project proposals involving new working methods, processes, and tools that are examined in practice and can contribute to transitioning into sustainable energy systems for all. This call is primarily aimed at researchers working with perspectives and methods based in e.g. social sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary research. Proposals should be submitted by August 31, 2022, 23.59 at the latest.