Direction and goals for research and innovation in the energy sector
Goals and direction for energy research and innovation
What's at stake: The goals set for energy research determine where research funding is directed in the coming years, which affects how quickly Sweden can increase its fossil-free power production, strengthen competitiveness and meet its climate targets.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is what overarching and result-oriented goals should guide state-funded energy research and innovation, and whether the focus should be broader - for example with greater emphasis on the power grid, hydrogen and batteries - than what is proposed.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's proposal for a new overarching goal and result goal for energy research and rejects the motions. The reason is that the goals need to be adapted to the new energy policy direction - which focuses on what the energy system should deliver rather than which power sources it should consist of - and be based on security of supply, competitiveness and ecological sustainability, and that the research area needs to be clarified for the 2025-2028 period, with the Energy Agency needing a clearer strategy and better follow-up of the benefits of research.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The reservation (S) calls for energy research and innovation to be directed more toward strengthening the power grid - transmission, digitalisation, balancing, storage and flexibility - as well as toward hydrogen and e-fuels, robust battery value chains, and the societal impact of expanding power infrastructure. The reasoning is that successful electrification, with a goal of being able to produce 300 TWh by 2045 and much of that increase already by 2030, is essential for growth, prosperity and the climate targets, and that agencies such as the Energy Agency and Svenska kraftnät should more clearly use innovation procurement as a tool.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
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S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
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YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: approving what the committee proposes and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
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Abstain 0/0/20/4
Sown reservation
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No 0/93/0/13
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/14/4
C
–
Abstain 0/0/19/5
L
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Yes 13/0/0/3
KD
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Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
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Yes 61/0/0/11
Committee proposal
Parliament approves
a) the overarching goal proposed by the government for research and innovation in the energy sector,
b) the result target proposed by the government for research and innovation in the energy sector.
Parliament thereby grants proposition 2024/25:72 points 1 and 2 and rejects the motions
2024/25:3301 by Birger Lahti et al. (V) motion 1,
2024/25:3308 by Fredrik Olovsson et al. (S) motions 1-3,
2024/25:3311 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) motions 1, 4 and 5 and
2024/25:3314 by Linus Lakso et al. (MP) motion 1.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen godkänner
a) det övergripande mål som regeringen föreslår för forskning och innovation på energiområdet,
b) det resultatmål som regeringen föreslår för forskning och innovation på energiområdet.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:72 punkterna 1 och 2 samt avslår motionerna
2024/25:3301 av Birger Lahti m.fl. (V) yrkande 1,
2024/25:3308 av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S) yrkandena 1-3,
2024/25:3311 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkandena 1, 4 och 5 samt
2024/25:3314 av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP) yrkande 1.
Riksdag decision: Parliament approved a government proposal regarding new goals for research and innovation in the energy sector. Sweden has made a change to energy policy. This means that the focus is now on what the energy and power system should perform, rather than what energy and power sources it should consist of.
Parliament shares the government's view that the goals for energy research need to be adapted to the new direction of energy policy, which concerns supply security, competitiveness and ecological sustainability.
Furthermore, Parliament agrees with the government's view that a special investment is needed in research and innovation regarding nuclear power. Furthermore, the Swedish Energy Agency needs to improve its monitoring and analysis of the benefits and effects of energy research.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to increase investment in research and innovation in power systems, hydrogen, e-fuels, batteries, and societal impact of electrification. (S) — Reservation 1
Motion 2024/25:1762 — Ökat stöd till forskning och utveckling av förnybar energi i Sverige av Joakim Järrebring m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3301 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:72 Forskning och innovation på energiområdet för försörjningstrygghet, konkurrenskraft och klimatomställning av Birger Lahti m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:3308 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:72 Forskning och innovation på energiområdet för försörjningstrygghet, konkurrenskraft och klimatomställning av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3311 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:72 Forskning och innovation på energiområdet för försörjningstrygghet, konkurrenskraft och klimatomställning av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3314 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:72 Forskning och innovation på energiområdet för försörjningstrygghet, konkurrenskraft och klimatomställning av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2024/25:54 — Omställning till förnybar energiförsörjning av Birger Lahti m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:739 — Svensk satsning kring fusionsenergi av Magnus Manhammar (S)
Proposition 2024/25:72 — Forskning och innovation på energiområdet för försörjningstrygghet, konkurrenskraft och klimatomställning