Sweden-US Green Transition Initiative

The popularity of AI has continued to grow, bringing with it conversations about its strengths and weaknesses, its benefits and draw backs. Through the lens of sustainability, it is certain that generative AI is resource-intensive, with researchers estimating that a ChatGPT inquiry consumes approximately five times more electricity than a simple web search, not mention the large amount of water needed to cool down data centers. But what if AI held more than environmental consequences for the green transition? 💻 In a recent report, Microsoft explores five plays as strategies for unlocking the full potential of AI for accelerating sustainability progress globally. Sweden, already at the forefront of sustainability, has committed to accelerating the use of AI to benefit society as seen with AI Sweden, the Swedish national center for applied artificial intelligence, which brings together over 150 partners across the public and private sectors to generate knowledge, tools, and resources. The third play in Microsoft’s paper involves expanding access to innovative datacenters, which can be pursued via investments in Swedish solutions like Scandinavian Data Centers, whose aim is to create the best possible outcome per allocated MW in terms of climate impact, societal benefit, and risk adjusted economic returns. Last June, Microsoft did just this, announcing it would invest $3.2 billion over two years in cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Sweden. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GreenTransition #DataCenters

The MIT Technology Review has released a list of 10 breakthrough technologies to watch in 2025. Green steel construction is one of them, with Sweden as a leader 🏗️ Stegra, based in Boden, has raised nearly $7 billion to build a plant to use hydrogen by splitting water with electrolysis, using clean electricity supplied by a mix of wind and hydropower to react with iron ore to make iron, which has the largest footprint of any step of the steelmaking process. The Swedish startup is on course to begin production this year and projected to produce 5 million tons of green steel annually by 2030. LKAB is also constructing a plant in Gällivare, Sweden to manufacture green steel using a similar process developed by HYBRIT. Such successes could revolutionize the industry, which accounts for about 8% of the world’s carbon emissions. #GreenSteel #CleanElectricity #GreenTransition

Happy International Day of Clean Energy! ⚡ Celebrated on January 26th every year, the United Nations General Assembly established the day to raise awareness and encourage action to transition to clean energy. 🔋 To celebrate, here are some quick facts about Sweden and energy: - Sweden’s energy sources include hydropower, nuclear, wind, and solar which represent 90% of the electricity mix - Energy produced in Sweden is 98% fossil fuel free and the grid has 99.99% reliability - The cost of electricity in Sweden is 35% lower compared to other European countries - Sweden ranked first in the World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index for 2024, scoring 78/100 Swedish government agencies and industries are collaborating with countries to advance hydro technology, wind and solar farms, and scalable grid solutions. In line with this commitment, GTI exemplifies these efforts by fostering partnerships to drive renewable energy adoption in both Sweden and the United States. 💡

Fossil Free Sweden is an initiative by the Swedish Government to increase the pace of the climate transition. The goal is to build a strong industrial sector and to create more jobs and export opportunities by going fossil free. Leading the way in many green industries, such as steel and cement, Sweden provides many sustainable solutions for companies or countries looking to decrease their use of fossil fuels. #GreenTransition #FossilFree #PioneerthePossible

Upcoming event! 🌍✨ Discover how Sweden's holistic urban planning and Texas' innovative solutions can inspire sustainable development. GTI will be there—will you? #Sustainability #UrbanPlanning

In early January, the World Economic Forum shared its 2025 Future of Jobs Report, citing the green transition as one of the major drivers expected to shape and transform the global labor market by 2030. 📊 The document named climate-change mitigation the third-most transformative trend overall, pointing to the growing adoption of energy generation and storage technologies. It indicates that green transition trends, including efforts to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the climate crisis, will drive growth that will create 34 million additional jobs by 2030, adding to the 200 million farmworkers today. 👨🌾 #GreenTransition #FutureOfJobs #LaborTrends #WorldEconomicForum

Want to see the unseen and grasp the ungraspable? 👀 Wisdome Stockholm is a new 'science theatre' at the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology. Here, visitors can experience space travel or watch code being turned into mind-blowing visual effects in films and video games. 🌌 Through immersive 360-degree 3D visualisations on a 300-square metre screen, Wisdome aims to make complex science more understandable and more accessible. 🕶️ But it's not only the content of Wisdome Stockholm that's spectacular. It's also housed in a remarkable dome-shaped wooden building, which has already won awards for its architecture. 🌟 The museum was fortunate to have room for the new building in its own courtyard. The curved roof, with a span of 48 metres, is completely self-supporting. The construction comprises 20 kilometres of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) boards, which have been shaped and assembled on site. The shingle roof is no less stunninng – it's covered with 120,000 pieces of pine! 😲 In other words, Wisdome Stockholm is a double wow experience! 🤩 Wisdome is a national Swedish project that uses new technology to teach and engage. It involves Curiosum in Umeå, Malmö museum, the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm, Universeum in Gothenburg and Visualiseringscenter C in Norrköping. Photos: Anna Gerdén, The National Museum of Science and Technology #greentransition #woodconstruction #inspiration

Today, the European Union and the United States signed a joint statement reaffirming the commitment by both sides to partner in transatlantic research and innovation. 🖋️ This statement, which takes place under the EU-US Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, is a significant indicator of future collaborative efforts to address major global issues, including climate change. 🤝 #ResearchAndInnovation #GreenTransition #EUUSCooperation #TransatlanticPartnership

As a part of Fossilfritt Sverige (Fossil Free Sweden), 22 different industries have developed their own roadmaps for fossil free competitiveness. The roadmaps show how the industries can enhance their competitiveness by going fossil free or climate neutral. Swedish electricity production is 98 percent fossil free. The industry’s efforts to implement the roadmap therefore largely involve examining how, by means of electrification, the energy sector can facilitate a national energy transition away from fossil fuels. https://lnkd.in/daEZCxma #greentransition #energysector

What an incredible couple of days! The Sweden-US Green Transition Initiative would like to extend our gratitude to all speakers, partners, attendees, and the amazing project group for making the first Nordic Autonomis Vehicle Summit a great success. It was an absolute pleasure for our Senior Advisor Marcus Rönngren Liu to serve as both Project Lead and Master of Ceremony for such a couple of inspiring days. The event provided a fantastic platform to share insights, learn from one another, and foster collaborations between California and the Nordics as well as the site visits to Zoox, Pony.ai and Amazon. We covered the areas of technology, business models, policy and legislation and, digital and physical infrastructure needed. Together, we are shaping a more sustainable future, and events like this remind us of the power of international cooperation in driving impactful change. Let’s continue to innovate and collaborate! #GreenTransition #Sustainability #Innovation #California #Nordics #Partnerships #autonomous