Our views and positions
Our lobbying focus aligns with Fortum’s strategic goals and business interests, while also considering wider societal goals and impacts. Our key lobbying initiatives were related to supportive regulatory frameworks to incentivise industrial decarbonisation, contributing to the market design development in the EU and our key operating countries, as well as ensuring favourable investment conditions for all CO2-free technologies (hydro, nuclear, wind and solar).
Our key EU lobbying messages
High climate ambition and clean electrification drive European competitiveness
Europe’s clean energy and industrial transition is crucial for the climate, but it also represents a key competitive advantage for Europe and enhances energy security. Fortum supports the recently adopted 90% net greenhouse gas reduction target by 2040. Delivering this target should be firmly anchored in a simplified policy framework with the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) as the primary instrument, complemented by clean electrification to drive emissions reductions cost‑effectively across industry, transport and heating. We urge the EU to speed up industrial electrification, building on Nordic strengths such as affordable, low-carbon electricity, reliable transmission and distribution grids.
Well functioning electricity markets are key to competitiveness
A well-functioning and well-integrated European electricity market is vital for industrial competitiveness. We support deeper market integration, faster permitting and proactive planning of electricity systems to enable investments in clean capacity and grids.
A stable and predictable regulatory framework is essential to secure long term investment certainty for energy producers and energy intensive industries. The marginal pricing remains essential to provide efficient price signals and attract the investments Europe needs.
Technology neutrality should be fully implemented in EU funding (MFF)
The upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034) must ensure genuine technology neutrality. All technologies essential for EU’s energy and material independence, including nuclear energy, should qualify for support under the EU funding mechanisms. Funding allocation based on excellence will best promote innovation and fairness.
De-risking tools needed to create investment certainty to industrial and clean energy investments
In the current volatile market environment, clean energy and industrial investments require effective de-risking tools, such as government-backed power purchase agreements (PPAs), contracts for difference (CfDs), and well-designed capacity mechanisms.
The EU’s Industrial Acceleration Act (IAA) should help mobilise investment by combining faster permitting, targeted de‑risking and demand‑side measures that support the scale‑up of clean electrification and industrial decarbonisation. Creating sufficient demand for clean products, such as green aluminium and steel, is essential for investments to materialise.
Energy security requires resilient and well prepared energy systems
Energy security requires a balanced energy mix, reduced dependence on fossil fuels, and resilient, well-maintained infrastructure. The EU needs a strengthened energy security and preparedness framework to address hybrid threats, external disruptions and system-wide resilience risks. The EU must guarantee stable supply through predictable investment conditions and diversified energy sources.
Our key lobbying topics in the Nordic countries
In the Nordics, Fortum’s key lobbying topics focus on ensuring support for regulatory frameworks to incentivise industrial decarbonisation and contributing to the power market development in Finland and Sweden. While clean electricity production is expected to double in the future, the electricity system must stay resilient for the coming decades, which requires a balanced combination of all clean energy sources. In our view, the availability of affordable and secure clean electricity at scale is essential for competitiveness and industrial investments in the Nordics. Furthermore, we call for faster permitting and licensing processes to facilitate investments in net-zero technologies and ensuring favourable investment conditions for all CO2-free technologies (hydro, nuclear, wind and solar). For more information, please contact our experts in the Nordic countries: Public Affairs contacts -> Public Affairs contacts in national policies and regulation.