Scandinavian cooperation expands Head Energy’s footprint in the power market

The Scandinavian power system is entering its most significant modernisation in decades. Grid renewal, expanded transmission capacity and accelerating electrification are driving a surge in demand for specialised engineering expertise. For Head Energy, these developments open the door to closer cross-border collaboration and even stronger deliveries to customers across Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Cross-border expertise strengthens project execution

– Succeeding with the expansion and modernisation of the Scandinavian grid requires that we utilise competence across all three countries, says Anders Ballari, Department Manager and Power Systems Engineer at Head Energy NorGrid.

Ballari has extensive experience from cable projects and grid development, and follows the ongoing investment wave closely. Statnett, Energinet and Svenska kraftnät are all preparing for record-level upgrades to the transmission network, and he believes Head Energy holds a strong market position:

– We have established growing power engineering teams in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and our experience covers the full project lifecycle — from grid connection and engineering to system design, project management and package delivery. This enables us to provide integrated, multidisciplinary support regardless of project location.

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A unified power market requires unified planning

Head Energy DanGrid has built strong engineering hubs in Copenhagen, Odense and Horsens. Although based in Denmark, the teams are already delivering assignments across Scandinavia within power generation, grid development, PtX, energy-intensive industry and emerging technologies.

According to CEO Mads Vinter Hansen, electrical power is the segment where a coordinated Scandinavian approach delivers the most value:

– We operate within a common Nordic power market and jointly carry responsibility for regional security of supply. That means infrastructure must be planned and engineered as one coherent system. This sets high demands on the companies designing the grid — and it’s precisely why cross-border collaboration has become one of our greatest strengths.

Growing need for capacity across the region

In Sweden, Head Energy is scaling its capabilities through the newly established Head Energy Infra. Managing Director Carl-Fredrik Klåvus, who has long experience from major Swedish grid-development programmes, sees both opportunity and urgency in the market:

– The expansion of the power grid is long overdue and will provide increased capacity for both households and industry. At the same time, the sector lacks the engineers, project managers and installation resources needed to execute these plans at the required pace.

Klåvus emphasises that the solution lies in mobilising the full Scandinavian competence base:

– When we can combine experience and personnel from all three countries, we become significantly stronger. That’s why we are building our power engineering environments in parallel in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.