Danish developer to build Sweden’s largest solar park – pv magazine International
The Danish-based project developer European Energy is to start building a 128.5 MW solar park in Svedberga, outside southern Swedish Helsingborg city. After completion, the facility will be the country’s largest solar cell facility, with an annual production capacity of 175 GWh per year. Completion is expected in 2023, with production starting in 2024.
The construction of the solar park was stopped in April when Skåne county council rejected the application. It said the land would be put to better use to help sustain the country’s food supply. European Energy appealed that decision to the Land and Environmental Court in Växjö. The court said that “the safeguards and adaptations proposed by European Energy to protect the environment are sufficient.”
“It is a milestone for large-scale solar power in Sweden. This case is extremely gratifying for both private individuals and companies in southern Sweden that have been affected by shortages and high electricity prices,” says Jens-Peter Zink, vice president of European Energy. The solar park in Svedberga will generate new green electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of 35,000 residential households, which is the largest single contribution of new electricity to the region in many years.
The solar park in Svedberga covers a total area of 232.5 hectares, of which approximately one third will be used for solar generation. The company said the remaining land could be used for agricultural cultivation. It also plants to enhance biodiversity by planting trees and shrubs at the outer edge of the solar park.
Swedens operational solar capacity reached 1.59 GW at the end of December 2021, up from 1.09 GW a year earlier, according to figures from the Energy Agency (Energy Agency). The figures showed that 2021 was the country’s best year for solar energy so far, with around 500 MW of new capacity added to the grid.
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