European Energy gets approval for Swedish solar park

• Development on the 128.5 MW project was halted after a previous application was rejected

European Energy's 128.5 MW solar park in Svedberga outside Helsingborg has been authorized by the Land as well as Environment Court in Vaxjo.

The business is getting ready to start creating the project, Sweden's biggest solar park to date, after being halted previously this year when the County Board in Skane determined to reject the application.

The Land and also Environment Court in Vaxjo located that the decision was wrong, nevertheless. Assuming the verdict is not appealed, the solar park could be generating electricity already in 2024, which will increase supply and also pressure electricity costs downwards.

In its choice, the Land and also Environmental Court states that the protective measures as well as adaptations that European Energy has actually proposed to secure the environment suffice. They refer, to name a few things, to the extensive ecological influence analysis.

"The solar park will generate new green electricity corresponding to the yearly usage of 35,000 domestic households, which is the largest single payment of new electricity to the area in years," said Jens-Peter Zink, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of European Energy.

The solar park in Svedberga covers a complete location of 232.5 hectares, of which roughly one 3rd will be used for solar power production. The rest of the land can be used for farming cultivation. At the external side of the solar park, numerous trees as well as shrubs will be grown-- a support of biological diversity.

"The plan is to have the entire park finished in 2023 and also in manufacturing in 2024," said Peter Braun, Head of Projects in Sweden, Norway and also Finland for European Energy.