Projects in Energy and electrification

Renewable energy communities (RECs) drive a sustainable energy transition but face cyber risks from digital energy sharing. RECAP strengthens REC resilience in Sweden by integrating AI-based threat detection, risk assessment, and real-time response to ensure secure, compliant, and reliable virtual …

The aim of this project (CyREC*) is to enable secure deployment of energy communities. The project addresses challenges when combining operational technologies (OT) with information technologies (IT) involving cloud- and IoT-based solutions.

Härryda Municipality is one of 48 Swedish cities that, within the initiative Climate Neutral Cities 2030, are working together with several national government agencies and Viable Cities to lead the way in the climate transition. Viable Cities' mission is Climate Neutral Cities 2030 with a good lif…

By developing new methods for characterising thermal converters, an independent realisation of the SI units for alternating voltage (V), alternating current (A) and electrical power (W) will be established at RISE. This will lead to a more secure traceability chain and better measurement uncertaint…

The FUSE project aims to generate new knowledge and develop cutting-edge green technologies for the sustainable production of furan-based platform chemicals.

By digitalizing Underground Utility line location services, the risk of damage to infrastructure is reduced, while fieldwork becomes safer and more precise. The goal is to create a fully digital and seamless workflow — from request to response. It's about making the process faster, safer, and more …

RISE is implementing the project Matchmaking R&D&I 2025 – Canada on behalf of Vinnova. The aim is to support Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises in establishing long-term research and innovation collaborations with Canadian partners, through coaching and partner scouting.

Scenario analyses of climate measures often focus on actions within the manufacturing and energy industries rather than the potential for reduced demand, including lifestyle changes. This project aims to analyse development pathways to net-zero consumption-based climate emissions and a renewable en…

Today, many regions lack the tools, knowledge and resources to make the transition to a circular bioeconomy. BIO2REG is a European project that helps greenhouse gas-intensive regions make this important transition. Through concrete actions, we support them to become model regions in the bioeconomy.

The aim of the project is to create a new methodology for testing materials and components for offshore energy. The project will contribute to simpler and improved material choices that provide a longer lifespan and thus reduced costs. This helps renewable energy to increase its competitiveness.

Exploration means to look for minerals worth mining. The work is done in several steps through a variety of activities. This project aims to harmonize the semantics used and to increase the knowledge of the activities' environmental impact to make permit processes for exploration work more predicta…

The project aims for the development of catalytic systems and processes for the transformation of lignin and lignin derivatives to sustainable aviation fuels.

Households need to be able to cope with disruptions in energy supply or price of energy, regardless of whether crises, climate change or the energy transition causes the disruption. In this project, we use design methods to investigate how different actors can support households in developing overa…

The CYPRESS project will improve the security and robustness of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), relevant for critical infrastructure, smart buildings, and emergency networks. It will develop lightweight security solutions suitable for resource-constrained devices and platforms, and establish standard…

BRAVE aims to develop an integrated, experimental and digital framework, combining the capabilities of the commercial material and process modelling software tools, for optimisation of the additive manufacturing value-chain.

Fisheries can provide nutritious food but is strongly dependent on fossil fuels. For the necessary climate transition, it is essential to reduce energy demand and switch to the use of alternative fuels. However, there are many challenges.

The metallurgical industry uses large amounts of fossil-based carbon, but the pressure to switch to bio-based carbon is high. This project aims to replace some fossil carbon with the bio-based substance lignin in graphite electrodes.

This project explores the use of forest residues and industrial side streams to replace fossil fuels and reduce the climate impact of the energy sector. The project evaluates the effect of increased carbon efficiency in value chains for sawmills, pulp mills and biorefineries, with regard to cost an…

Biofuel markets in the EU are undergoing rapid changes. Changes in the policy landscape due to increased climate ambitions is expected to increase biofuel demand. If the increased demand is to be covered by production in the EU, biofuel production capacity need to expand, which will lead to increas…

Policy instruments for attaining the Swedish 2045 national netzero GHG emissions target

RISE develops methods for certification and verification of AI models with respect to both security and functionality.

The ALFAFUELS project aims to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels in the aviation sector. With a new innovative production technology, the aim is to improve the scale-up potential through microbial production for the conversion of CO₂ into fuel precursors that are scaled up and refined into jet f…

In the future energy system, much electricity generation, flexible energy products and storage may be connected to the internet, making them vulnerable to cyber attacks. In this project, RISE and High Voltage Valley study cyber risks caused by a flexible electricity market and what can be done abou…

The project will develop measuring instruments and methods based on quantum physics, to enable accurate realisations of pascal, the SI unit for pressure. The new techniques create the conditions for better and faster calibrations and less measurement uncertainty in the pressure measurements in indu…

Five of the largest cities in northern Sweden - Luleå, Umeå, Örnsköldsvik, Östersund and Sundsvall - are working together to lead the development of northern Sweden. Together with RISE, they have developed a strategy for sustainable urban development.

Ammonia as a new and potentially climate-neutral fuel within shipping is being investigated from a safety perspective.

Energy poverty is a relatively new term in Sweden and needs to be mapped conceptually, geographically and in policy. This project is based on previous research in the group that worked with building stock analysis at RISE to map energy poverty in Sweden, as support for Swedish authorities as well a…

The ambition for a sustainable society free of fossil fuels has increased the demand for bio-based products and consequently, the demand for biomass. Straw is an interesting resource that is not used to its full potential today and has various applications in biorefineries.

RISE is working to develop measurements of dynamic processes. Dynamic calibration of pressure sensors is an area that is important for reducing measurement uncertainty in industry.

The knowledge platform for Dynamic measurements is a long-term investment where RISE, together with academia and industry, builds and spreads competence within measurement, calibration and traceability of fast mechanical processes.

The project aims to enable the characterization of dynamic pressure sensors in a continuous frequency range from static pressure to hundreds of kilohertz by bridging the frequency gap between static pressure standards and shock tubes.

In recent years, it has been possible to measure a rapid increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. This increase will continue due to the global demand for energy and materials from fossil sources. Sweden aims to become a carbon-neutral society by 2030 and to have negative net em…