SEB’s Post

At our Nordic Energy & Infrastructure Summit, decision-makers, investors, and policymakers came together to explore how to build a more secure, sustainable, and resilient energy future. Some of the key themes discussed: Speed up permitting – Concerns were raised that lengthy approval processes risk slowing down Sweden’s energy transition. Transition 2.0 – The importance of building and investing in a reliable, affordable, and fossil-free energy system, with rapid solar expansion and growing needs for battery infrastructure to manage variability. Finance as an enabler – Nordic investors called for stronger public-private collaboration to attract long-term capital and accelerate sustainable infrastructure investments. Some of the voices on stage included SSAB, Hitachi Energy, Infranode, Heidelberg Materials, Rystad Energy, and Svenska kraftnät. The summit underscored the essential role of finance as an enabler of sustainable and resilient growth—and the importance of turning dialogue between government and industry into faster action.