STEM - Swedish Energy Agency
About STEM
The Swedish Energy Agency, which was formed in 1998, works towards transforming the Swedish energy system into an ecological and economically sustainable system through guiding state capital towards the area of energy. This is done in collaboration with trade and industry, energy companies, municipalities and the research community.Areas of competences
The transformation of the energy system will occur by way of effective and lasting Swedish energy application with low negative impacts on health, the environment and climate as well as through securing access to electricity and other energy at competitive prices.As well as promoting new energy techniques and energy production the Swedish Energy Agency maintains comprehensive research funding in order to make energy use more effective, not least within industry. The authority is in charge of significant areas of the system of certification in electric energy services, which will promote production of electricity from renewable energy sources. Additionally, we make special contributions to wind power.
In collaboration with the municipal energy advisors and the regional energy offices the authority disseminates knowledge and information so that consumers, industry and the public sector are stimulated toward the area of more effective energy use. The authority also works towards promoting the introduction on to the market of new energy-effective techniques.
The Swedish Energy Agency supervises net companies in accordance with electricity regulations as well as supervising the natural gas market. We will monitor and analyse the electricity market and play an expert role in issues relating to the sale of electricity.
International collaboration
Internationally collaboration takes place in several forums, not least within the EU. Among other things climate efforts motivated by energy politics are carried out through collaboration in the Baltics and Russia.The Swedish Energy Agency is the authority in times of emergency for oil, coal and gas.