Hällefors municipality recently signed an agreement to build one of the country's largest solar cell parks of about 15 hectares with an expected output of 12 megawatts.
But already in a few years it may belong to one of the smaller parks in the county. The company Alight is already planning to build a solar park in Brevens bruk on 230 hectares.
– There is a good combination of different conditions, says Andreas Axelsson, project manager at Alight.
New large park
Now it is also clear that they plan to build an even larger park of 320 hectares in Dylta Mill and provide between 200 and 250 gigawatt hours. This can be compared with the 2.4 gigawatts of solar power that, according to Anna Werner, CEO of the industry association Swedish Solar Energy, is installed throughout the country today.
"It's very little compared to, for example, Germany and Holland," she says.
Today, 57 percent of all solar energy is produced on the roofs of single-family homeowners. A smaller proportion is thus produced on the roofs of large properties. Anna Werner believes this is largely due to the tax rules that claim that property owners who want to use the electricity themselves must pay taxes for this.
The ceilings are not enough
According to Swedish Solar Energy, 15 percent of Sweden's electrical energy could come from solar cells by 2030.
"But that requires us to build parks like this because the roofs aren't enough, especially since we don't use the really big roofs," she says.
Start the clip to hear why the area at Dylta Mill has good conditions for a solar park.