"It is super small from an international perspective, but great from a Swedish," says Anna Werner, CEO of the industry organization Swedish Solar Energy.

The world's largest 3.2 million solar panels are located in Abu Dhabi. It was inaugurated in 2019 and has an output of 1,170 MW.

Anna Werner divides photovoltaic plants into three groups:

1. Micro installations r - solar panels on detached houses and villas. There are an estimated 40,000 villas with solar panels today.

- They have been subsidized and there is no need to tax for self-used electricity, so there the economy has been good, says Anna Werner.

2. Large roofing plants - on e.g. industrial roofs, warehouses, tenant-owner associations and farmhouses - larger than 1500m2.

- This segment is very underdeveloped in Sweden due to the energy tax on self-used electricity, when a plant is larger than 255 KW. We want that treasure removed, says Anna Werner of Swedish Solar Energy.

3. Solar Parks

- They are commercially viable due to their size and that they are simple and inexpensive to set up in a short time. But Sweden is not at the forefront, she says.

The Government has decided to stop applications for solar cell support from July 7, 2020. Instead, the Government has proposed that the investment support be replaced with a tax deduction from 2021. This should apply to private individuals and it is worrying about the industry.

- If the investment support for companies goes from 20% directly down to 0%, we see that it puts a wet blanket on the industry. The risk is great for both job and knowledge loss, says Anna Werner. On the other hand, we welcome the support to private individuals being turned into a deduction similar to the root deduction. The support system was too jerky and the money sometimes ran out, she concludes.

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