Sweden Transport Research and Innovation brief week 22 2026
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Episode notes
- Sweden has pivoted to "sovereign energy defiance" by halting planned interconnector projects with Denmark and Germany to insulate domestic industrial electricity prices from European market volatility. This strategic move aims to protect national competitiveness against the asymmetric price increases caused by the transition to Flow-Based Market Coupling (FBMC).
- The government has locked in a 1.171 trillion SEK National Infrastructure Plan (2026–2037) that ruthlessly prioritizes industrial corridors, such as the Malmbanan for green steel and southern routes for Fehmarn Belt freight, while scrapping dozens of legacy regional rail projects. Roughly half of this budget is dedicated to addressing a massive maintenance deficit that will take an estimated 25 years to fully ...
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