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December 27, 2021

CEO Harald Överholm guest on “The interchange” podcast

Alight’s CEO and co-founder Harald Överholm is the guest in an episode of the podcast The Interchange to speak about all things commercial solar. The Interchange Recharged podcast In the last episode of The Interchange, Alight CEO and founder Harald Overholm is the guest to speak about all things commercial solar. Harald and host David…

December 10, 2021

Alight appoints Investment Manager

In January, Ali Karkuti will join Alight in the new position of Investment Manager. In his new role at Alight, Ali will manage the investment processes for Alight’s solar and storage projects, as well as play a crucial role in Alight’s goal to develop and finance 1 GW before 2025. In January, Ali Karkuti will join Alight…

October 21, 2021

Alight and The Axel Johnson Group to double Sweden’s solar park stock

The Axel Johnson Group signs an agreement with Alight to build three solar parks in Sweden with a total installed power of about 90 MW. This will double Sweden’s established solar park stock’s energy production by adding Sweden’s largest solar parks. Skurup solar park under construction The Axel Johnson Group signs an agreement with Alight…

September 20, 2021

Alight signs new heads of storage and site development

Alight announce two new flagship hires: a new head of site development, Salomé San Miguel, and a head of storage deployment, Youssef Benmakhlouf. As to further Alight’s work in leading the corporate transition to solar, attracting and hiring the very best people in their fields is key. To continue the upward trajectory and growth, Alight…

September 17, 2021

Pan-European team expansion

Samuel Benelbas is Alight’s new Head of Behind the Meter product & PPA structuring. He is based in Madrid, Spain, and has +12 years’ experience from banking and financial structuring, as well as co-founding a fintech company and a real estate fund. Samuel holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from CUNEF and is currently…

June 29, 2021

Alight strengthens its board of directors with two new recruits

Alight strengthens its board of directors with two new non-executive directors, Sarah Chapman and Camilla Wideroth, bringing onboard valuable international experience and extensive knowledge in both solar energy and finance. As the board is important for the company and its direction forward, we took the opportunity to hear from Camilla and Sarah about their work,…

June 1, 2021

Alight to build solar park for Nolato

The industrial group Nolato signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar park to be built by Alight. The solar park will be constructed in southern Sweden and will produce power equivalent to 15 percent of Nolato’s electricity consumption in Sweden. This autumn, ground will be broken for a new solar park in southern…

March 23, 2021

Alight to build Kingspan factory rooftop solar power plant

Kingspan Group has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Alight to provide solar energy to its state-of-the-art factory in Stigamo outside Jönköping, Sweden. Under the terms of the agreement, the rooftop solar power plant will provide 20 percent of the factory’s total electricity requirements. Once commissioned, the Stigamo factory solar power plant will be…

March 9, 2021

Alight joins UN Global Compact

Alight has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, and commits to help transform our world through principled business and a way of making global goals a local business. In February this year, Alight officially joined the United Nations Global Compact. The initiative is a long term strategy to drive…

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