The power in competitiveness: interviews and debate from the Statkraft Conference 2025
Energy, climate and competitiveness guided the agenda at this year’s Statkraft Conference where a group of experts from finance, energy and politics took to the stage in Oslo. They did so against a backdrop of a rapid European energy transition, but weakened competitiveness threatened further by unprecedented geopolitical tensions.
Here, we’ve gathered some of the most compelling sessions from a packed agenda.
Yes, the European energy transition is happening at a rapid pace. In 2024 alone solar took over coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth consecutive year. However, it’s also the case that the region’s competitiveness has weakened.
Casting a shadow over those realities is the increase in geopolitical tension, which brings with it the potential to further stifle economies, while also delaying and distracting from the necessary shift away from fossil fuels in an era of ruinous global warming.
How can we achieve cuts in emissions, further economic development, and increase energy security in this increasingly uncertain world?
A cohort of high profiles from business, finance, energy and politics offered their insights and ideas on that conundrum at the Statkraft Conference 2025. Below, we’ve gathered three compelling sessions from a packed agenda for you to watch on demand.
Compelling sessions to watch on demand
Dr. Dmytro Kuleba on peace, geopolitics, and energy in Ukraine
Dr. Dmytro Kuleba was Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2024. He is an internationally recognised diplomat and a global advocate for democracy, freedom, and resilience. View the interview to explore the nuances of the current situation in Ukraine as Dr. Kuleba speaks from unique experience about pathways to peace, harsh geopolitical realities and explains why renewables are expected to play a significant role in the country’s energy future.
Jeremy Shapiro on tariffs, climate and U.S. energy perspectives
Currently Research Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, Jeremy Shapiro has previously worked at the U.S. Department of State. There, he has advised on U.S. relations with Europe, Asia, and North Africa, amongst other topics. Watch this session to make sense of a rapid and often chaotic reset of U.S.-EU relations as Shapiro dives into the minutiae of the three ideologies he sees at play in the current U.S. administration, and how they relate to geopolitics, energy and climate.
Lluís Noguera (Brookfield), Kjerstin Braathen (DNB), Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal (Statkraft): CEO and Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
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Growth and profitability in renewable energy
Renewable energy is often framed narrowly, as a moral imperative to fight climate change. But what about economics? Are renewables not just necessary, but also commercially attractive?
Discover it in this insightful business panel featuring the Managing Partner of one of the world’s largest investment companies, Brookfield—Lluís Noguera; the CEO of one of Scandinavia’s top banks, DNB—Kjerstin Braathen; and the CEO of Europe’s largest renewable energy producer, Statkraft—Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal. The discussion is moderated by Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (E24) and explores the financial case for scaling renewables.
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