Speeding up the Energy Transition with Collaboration

Sara Hamlin, Head of Corporate Relations at Ignite Sweden explains the importance of working collaboratively towards innovative solutions within energy. 

“The energy sector is currently going through a large transformation and we need to find new and innovative solutions in order to complete this change in a fast, sustainable and customer focused way. Together corporates and startups can speed up this change and create a stronger basis for the future.” 

Events like the Ignite Power Circle Summit & SWITCH matchday allow IHI to engage with startups in Sweden. Takuya adds that Sweden is an ideal place to meet startups as the country is renowned for its leadership in innovation and sustainability- all while historically having a strong industrial backbone. 

“As a company that has innovated over the centuries, we are keen to seek new partnership opportunities which complement our technologies but also to explore refreshing new business models and approaches. There is a limited amount of detail that one can talk about in 20 minutes, but we felt most meetings were productive.” 

“Our objective was firstly to clarify any questions we had regarding the start-ups offering and its potential application in our business units. Given we are active in a wide range of business areas, being able to understand this in the first contact is very important,” says Takuya.

“We believe that it is always beneficial for a company to go outside the regular network and share and discuss experiences, that’s how great ideas are made. And especially now due to the urgency to reduce our emissions and become climate neutral. We need all the brains we can get for this transformation.”

“The Ignite event helps us connect with companies which, just like us, have identified a problem and are now ready to act. We definitely recommend everyone to join Ignite and keep an eye out for their future events,” says Jasmine.