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Sweden Transport Research and Innovation brief week 21 2026
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- Grid Digitalization and Volatility: Svenska kraftnät awarded a SEK 2.3 billion IT framework to fortify the national grid against extreme summer price volatility and the "duck curve" effect of solar generation, which occurs as 50% of nuclear capacity goes offline for maintenance.
- Climate-Social Redistribution: The EU-approved €532.8 million Climate-Social Plan redirects ETS2 carbon revenues into targeted EV subsidies for 115,500 rural households; however, critics argue the plan ignores structural barriers like creditworthiness and lack of home charging for low-income residents.
- State-Owned Rail Fleet: Trafikverket finalized a €756 million agreement with Talgo and Siemens for 20 extreme-weather ...
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