The Sweden U.S.Entrepreneurial Forum

2009

Innovation

Illustrations by Simon Pearsall from theH-I Network Seminar – ”Innovation Stress Points”

Dag AgnvallSpecial Adviser, Business DeveloperSwedish Energy Agencywww.swedishenergyagency.se

Global Challange – Global CollaborationSecurity of Supply

ClimateNatural Resources

Swedish Energy Agency

Policy

Research

Innovation

Primary Energy Resources

Energy Carriers

Energy Recycling

Energy Transformation

Distributionand storage

Energy Services

The Energy System Sustainable use

Swedish Energy Agency

The Swedish Energy Agency supports projects with a commercial potential in the energy area.

Renewable Energy Sources

Solar Wind Hydro / wave Bioenergy Geoenergy

Energy Efficiency

System efficiency Energy recovery Reduction in energy usage

Transportation

Demonstration plantsApprox € 85 millionFive applications under consideration:

ChemrecTechnology solutions based on Black Liquor Gasification; output: DME / methanol

Escanaba, Michigan

Domsjö Fabriker, Sweden

Field test: DME for Volvo trucks

• Gothenburg - Stockholm

• Three DME filling stations

• 14 Volvo trucks

• Third-generation technology for heavy vehicles

Policy incentives for energy technology development in Sweden

• High carbon taxes for heating since 1991

• Deregulated electricity market since 1996

• Trading certificates based on quotas for use of electricity from renewable production sources since 2003

• Tradable emission permits for CO2 since 2005

• A high system know-how from a policy and technology perspective

• Technology solutions that are based on integrated system thinking

Control Drive Europa AB

Applied Nano Surfaces

Companies

Powercell

Vehiconomics

Airglass

El-forestEnergy efficient electric-hybrid forwarder

Flexiwaggon

Flexiwaggon

Invest in Cleantech 2009

Energitinget Swedish Energy Summit, March 2010

Trends

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Source: Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investments 2009, SEFI

ECONOMY CLIMATE

Trends

Source: Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investments 2009, SEFI

Green support packages per country(USD billion) in total USD 184 billion

USD 135 billion

www.energimyndigheten.sewww.swedishenergyagency.se

Six Focus Areas

Swedish Energy Agency

• Established in 1998, main Swedish Government Agency for implementing energy policy

• Facilitates the transformation towards a sustainable energy system

• Promotes new energy technology and energy efficiency, administers Energy R&D programmes and disseminates knowledge and information