Axfood to power up 3.9-MW solar roofing system in southerly Sweden

• Swedish food retail group Axfood AB (STO: AXFO) today revealed its 3rd significant solar investment in the room of a year, as its investing in and logistics business Dagab is mounting a 3.9-MW rooftop solar array at its new fruit and vegetable warehouse in Landskrona, southern Sweden.

The new 7,000-panel center results from be completed in October. Dagab will acquire its outcome under a 15-year power purchase arrangement (PPA) that includes the opportunity to sell any excess generation. The property manager, Logicenters, and also Solkompaniet will certainly be in charge of the installation, operation and maintenance.

As announced in April, Dagab is likewise setting up Sweden's largest rooftop solar energy system at its new logistics centre in Balsta, north of Stockholm. It is 8.9 MW in size and will come onstream in 2023.

Additionally, Axfood is in the allowing process for the country's biggest onshore solar farm. The 40-MW project is to be provided in partnership with Alight and is expected to begin procedures in 2024.

The firm said that while there is a raising requirement for green electrical power, individuals face political obstacles. Asa Domeij, head of sustainability at Axfood stated "the shift to even more lasting power manufacturing is still obstructed by the continuing to be tax on solar energy for own usage, despite the fact that there is nothing quiting politicians from eliminating it."