What Energiforsk does

Energiforsk AB is a Swedish energy research and knowledge company headquartered in Stockholm that initiates, coordinates, and conducts applied research across six energy domains: hydropower, power grids, nuclear power, solar and wind, energy systems, and heating and cooling. Founded in 2005, the organization operates as a politically neutral, tripartite platform linking Swedish energy companies, universities, and government authorities — most visibly through the SVC (Svenskt centrum för hållbar vattenkraft) competence centre, which it coordinates with Luleå University of Technology as host and which was extended through 2031 with a 270 million SEK budget.

The company's core offering is not a single product but a portfolio of subscription-based research programs whose members include transmission and distribution grid operators (Svenska kraftnät, Ellevio, Vattenfall Eldistribution, Göteborg Energi), hydropower owners, and the Swedish Energy Agency. Research outputs are delivered as technical reports, standardization contributions, webinars, newsletters, and applied training courses, with course pricing disclosed in the 5,000–14,800 SEK range per participant. Energiforsk also acts as Sweden's coordinator for CIGRE engagement and SEK Swedish Electrotechnical Standardization.

The revenue model combines recurring program membership fees from industry members, base and project funding from Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency), matching contributions from industry and academic partners, and ancillary fee-based education. Distribution is direct-to-enterprise across a strictly domestic Swedish footprint, with no commercial software products, APIs, or external-facing applications. Customer concentration sits with a small set of named Swedish energy sector anchors, though the consortium funding structure spreads revenue risk across government, industry, and academia.

Name

Energiforsk

Legal name

Energiforsk AB

Website

https://energiforsk.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Energiforsk is a Stockholm-based energy research company coordinating applied research across hydropower, power grids, nuclear, and renewables for Swedish energy companies, universities, and government authorities through subscription-based programs and the SVC competence centre.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Research and Knowledge Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy Systems & Power Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interconnection, Permitting & Grid Services for DERs (EUAMAJAH)

Keywords

• Energy research services
• Hydropower competence centre
• Power grid reliability
• Nuclear power research
• Energy systems analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Program Memberships: Energy companies, grid operators, and industry stakeholders pay membership fees to participate in Energiforsk's research programs, which cover specific energy sectors and technologies.
2. Government Funding: Energiforsk receives base funding from the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten), which also co-funds specific programs like SVC (Swedish Centre for Sustainable Hydropower) with additional grants.
3. Industry Co-Funding: Industry partners contribute matching funds to research programs, particularly in competence centers like SVC where funding is split equally between government, industry, and academia.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Energiforsk initiates, coordinates, and conducts applied research and analysis for the Swedish energy sector across six domains — hydropower, power grids, nuclear power, solar/wind, energy systems, and heating/cooling — and coordinates the SVC competence centre for sustainable hydropower. Members (energy companies, grid operators, the Swedish Energy Agency, and universities) fund and participate in research programs, receiving published reports, decision-support models, guidelines, training courses, webinars, and access to working groups.

Product overview

Energiforsk is a Swedish energy research organization that operates as a platform of coordinated research programs rather than a single unified product. The organization initiates, coordinates, and conducts research and analysis across six main energy domains: hydropower (Vattenkraft), power grids (Elnät), nuclear power (Kärnkraft), solar and wind (Sol och vind), energy systems (Energisystem), and heating and cooling (Värme och kyla). A key component is Svenskt centrum för hållbar vattenkraft (SVC), a competence center coordinated by Energiforsk in collaboration with Luleå University of Technology, which includes a Research School for doctoral training. The programs deliver outputs through research reports, events, courses, and newsletters. The Elnät program encompasses sub-programs for risk/reliability analysis, grid maintenance, technology/digitalization, and standardization through SEK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vattenkraft (Hydropower Research) Applied research program focused on sustainable hydropower, covering dam safety, fish passage, sediment management, turbine and generator efficiency, and hydropower technology optimization for Swedish hydropower operators.
• Elnät (Power Grid Research) Research program addressing electricity grid reliability, risk analysis, maintenance, standardization, and sustainable technology development and digitalization for Swedish transmission and distribution grid operators.
• Kärnkraft (Nuclear Power Research) Research program covering nuclear power concrete technology, safety-related I&C systems, vibration analysis, and outlook on technology development for nuclear power stakeholders.
• Sol och vind (Solar and Wind Research) Research program focused on solar and wind energy integration and optimization within the Swedish energy system.
• Energisystem (Energy Systems Research) Research program analyzing overall energy system integration and balance, including electricity price forecasting and system flexibility.
• Värme och kyla (Heating and Cooling Research) Research program covering district heating, cooling systems, and thermal energy efficiency.
• Svenskt centrum för hållbar vattenkraft (SVC) — Swedish Centre for Sustainable Hydropower Competence centre coordinated by Energiforsk and hosted by Luleå University of Technology, conducting multidisciplinary hydropower research across three work packages: Environment and Society, Hydraulic Engineering, and Turbines and Generators.
• SVC Forskarskola (Research School) Structured interdisciplinary training program for doctoral students and industry professionals within hydropower, offering courses across twelve technical areas with 2 ECTS credits per 2.5-day course; free for SVC members, 5,000 SEK per course for non-members.
• Risk- och tillförlitlighetsanalys (Risk and Reliability Analysis) Program developing models and decision processes for risk and reliability analysis of power grids to increase grid reliability, covering battery storage, power quality, and ice load modeling.
• Underhåll av elnät (Power Grid Maintenance) Program focused on effective maintenance solutions for power grids, including condition-based cable maintenance, smart grid stations, AI for acoustic monitoring, and lifecycle analysis of infrastructure.
• Elnätens hållbara teknikutveckling och digitalisering (Sustainable Grid Technology Development and Digitalization) Program analyzing, evaluating, and disseminating results on digitalization, IT security, and new technologies within power grids, covering demand flexibility, aggregation management, and new grid technologies.
• Standardisering genom SEK Svensk Elstandard (Standardization through SEK) Program monitoring, coordinating, and communicating standardization activities within SEK Swedish Electrotechnical Standardization and IEC, covering smart energy, transformers, cables, and electromagnetic compatibility.
• Kurs i asset management, datainsamling och förståelse (Asset Management, Data Collection and Understanding Course) Applied training course for energy sector professionals on asset management and data collection practices, with 25% discount for participants from Energiforsk's Risk and Reliability Analysis program.
• CIM och CGMES Education Course Training course on CIM and CGMES electrical grid data standards, delivered for energy sector participants at 8,500 SEK (December 2025) or 8,700 SEK (April 2026) per participant excluding VAT, including course materials and lunch.
• Rapporter (Research Reports and Publications) Research reports and publications documenting findings from Energiforsk's various research programs, available for download from the website to support knowledge dissemination to the broader energy sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• SVC extended with 270 million SEK funding for 2027-2031
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Luleå tekniska universitetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2027Luleå University of Technology serves as the host university for SVC (Swedish Centre for Sustainable Hydropower), coordinating hydropower research with Energiforsk as the centre's coordinator. The partnership involves multiple universities collaborating on hydropower safety, turbines, generators, and environmental research.
• Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2027The Swedish Energy Agency provides 1/3 of SVC funding (90 million SEK for 2027-2031) and has extended the competence centre's mandate, recognizing its contributions to hydropower research and knowledge development.
• Rise Research Institutes of SwedencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025RISE collaborates on multiple Energiforsk programs including asset management courses, power grid reliability research, and hydropower studies. RISE researchers serve as course instructors and project contributors.
• Svenska kraftnätcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs Sweden's transmission system operator, Svenska kraftnät participates in Energiforsk's risk and reliability analysis programs and serves as funder through membership fees, contributing to grid research priorities.
• Swedish Hydropower Industry (Fortum, Vattenfall, et al.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor Swedish hydropower operators contribute 1/3 of SVC funding and participate in research programs through working groups, providing industry expertise and real-world implementation contexts.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute): EPRI is the closest direct global peer: a member-funded, neutral energy R&D organization coordinating industry-academia-government research across generation, transmission, distribution, and end-use — directly comparable to Energiforsk's program-based research model across the Swedish grid, nuclear, hydro, and renewable domains.
• SEK Svensk Elstandard (Swedish Electrotechnical Standardization): SEK is Energiforsk's named program partner for the Elnät standardization program covering CENELEC/IEC; both coordinate industry technical contributions into Swedish and international standards, making them tightly comparable in mandate on the grid side.
• Fraunhofer IEE (Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology): Fraunhofer IEE is Germany's applied research institute focused on energy system transformation, grid integration of renewables, and storage research; it shares Energiforsk's member-funded, neutral research posture applied to the German Energiewende.
• Elforsk AB (historical Swedish energy research body): Elforsk was the predecessor Swedish electricity R&D body whose research programs were absorbed into Energiforsk; structurally identical in operating model (membership-funded, neutral, sector-coordinating), it remains a useful historical peer reference for how Energiforsk is positioned.
• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland: VTT is Finland's state-owned applied research organization with deep programs in nuclear, wind, district heat, and power systems — a Nordic twin to Energiforsk in mission, funding mix (government + industry), and research-area coverage.
• RISE Research Institutes of Sweden: RISE is Sweden's applied research institute and a named core partner of Energiforsk (course delivery on asset management and grid research); it operates a very similar member-funded model covering energy systems, materials, and infrastructure standardization in Sweden.
• SINTEF Energy Research: SINTEF Energy Research runs large-scale hydropower, transmission, and energy-system programs funded by Norwegian utilities and government — essentially the Norwegian counterpart to Energiforsk's hydropower and grid mandate through SVC.

Broad incumbents

• CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems): CIGRE is the global working-group body for power-system expertise; Energiforsk explicitly channels Swedish industry participation into CIGRE through a dedicated program, making them the Swedish national committee-style analogue and a directly comparable peer on grid research dissemination.
• DNV (Energy Systems research and advisory): DNV combines energy advisory, standards work, and applied research across renewables, grids, and hydropower; it overlaps Energiforsk's grid reliability and standardization work (e.g. via IEC/SEK and battery safety) but at a much larger global scale.
• IEA (International Energy Agency) technology collaboration programmes: The IEA's Technology Collaboration Programmes (e.g. Hydropower, PVPS, ISGAN, SHC) play a coordinating R&D role across many countries; Energiforsk's competence-center and CIGRE-style programs perform the equivalent national coordinating function in Sweden, making the IEA framework a relevant comparator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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