Location: Hultsfred airport, Sweden
Built and owned by: Alight AB, Neoen
Electricity offtaker: H&M Group
Size: 130 hectares (equivalent to 185 football fields)
Installed capacity: 100 MW
Annual production: 100 GWh (equivalent to the electricity consumption of 18,000 households)
Status: Under construction
About the project: At the Hultsfred Airport, Neoen and Alight are jointly constructing a solar park that will be the largest in Sweden. When completed in 2025, it will have an installed capacity of 100 MW.
The solar park is being built using low-carbon photovoltaic panels installed around the runway of Hultsfred airport. It is expected to generate enough electricity to cover the consumption of over 18,000 Swedish homes. When completed, it will be connected to the E.ON local grid distribution system.
The project is underpinned by a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) signed at the end of 2022 with H&M Group, under which the solar park will provide the Swedish fashion chain with 95% of the renewable energy and guarantees of origin produced. The agreement will play an important role in H&M Group’s goal to only source renewable electricity by 2030 at the latest.
