Axfood: builds Sweden’s largest solar park
“With Sweden’s largest solar park, we are taking the next big step in our investment in renewable energy. In addition to making our own business greener, we are also helping to greatly increase the supply of solar energy in the country,” says Klas Balkow, Axfood’s President and CEO.
The solar cell park will comprise approximately 60,000 solar panels. The total installed capacity will correspond to approximately 40 MW and cover approximately 15 percent of Axfood’s annual electricity consumption. This corresponds to the average annual electricity consumption for just over 8,000 single-family homes. The facility is scheduled to be completed in early 2023.
Axfood and the supplier Alight cooperate through a power purchase agreement (PPA) according to which Alight will own, build, install and operate the plant while Axfood undertakes to purchase all produced electricity for at least ten years. The permit process for the park is in progress and a decision is expected before the turn of the year.
The solar cell park is part of an initiative by Axel Johnson’s group company and with three larger facilities, Sweden’s capacity from solar cell parks will be doubled.
Long-term work with fossil-free energy
Axfood has worked with the issue of solar power for many years and its first solar power plant was built at Dagab’s warehouse in Backa, Gothenburg as early as 2013. Axfood’s goal is for solar panels to be installed on at least 25 percent of suitable roof surfaces at Axfood’s warehouses and stores with the approval of the property owners.
Reducing fossil emissions from our own operations has been a priority for Axfood for many years. Until last year, the company’s climate emissions had decreased by 76 percent compared with the base year 2009. The result is attributable to renewable electricity from solar, wind and hydropower, a higher proportion of fossil-free freight transport, fewer non-environmentally friendly refrigerators and freezers and less business travel by air. The goal is to achieve net zero emissions from own operations by 2030.
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