The solar cell park at Gärstadverket has 30,000 solar panels, which gives an area as large as 22 football pitches. This in turn provides an annual production of electricity that corresponds to the household electricity for 2,300 villas. Whether it is enough to be Sweden's largest solar park for at least a while is unclear.

- The decision to build the park was made last fall. It went faster to build than I thought and then we still have a pandemic. The equipment comes from China so just getting the stuff here has been a challenge, says Charlotta Strand CEO at Tekniska Verken in Linköping. The municipal company is a partner in the solar park.

Race against Strängnäs

In Strängnäs there is also a solar PV park construction with an output of 20 MW - Linköpings is at 12 MW. Both projects are planning for inauguration early this fall.

- The most important thing is that there is a large solar plant here in our region, says Charlotta Strand.

See the solar park from above and hear the CEO tell more in the clip