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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.

Alight featured in Forbes

Alight was featured and CEO Harald Överholm quoted in Forbes article from September 30th with the headline "Could Solar Power The Next Industrial Revolution?"

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 have made two major new hires, each of which will strengthen the existing pan-European all-star team.

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 doing an Executive MBA at IESE Business School. 

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, their view of Alight and the future of solar energy as they see it.

Alight's CEO Harald Överholm in podcast Energy Unplugged

Aurora Energy Research's podcast "Energy Unplugged" interviews high-profile guests to share their unique perspectives on major energy issues, and in the latest episode our CEO and co-founder Harald Överholm is the guest.

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.

Solar power is at a tipping point

The growth potential of Solar Energy is huge and we are just seeing the beginning of it. We want to take the opportunity to share why companies should choose solar energy.  

Harald Överholm guest on the podcast The Solar Journey

On Episode 8​ of The Solar Journey Podcast, Harald Överholm joins host Torsten Brammer to talk about his journey within the solar industry and his vision for Alight and the future of solar. 

The solar park in Linköping nominated for another award

Alight, Tekniska Verken i Linköping, Infranode and Swedbank are nominated for the Swedish award Soleneripriset where the solar park in Linköping can win a prize for Solar Facility of the Year.

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 one of Sweden's largest rooftop solar installations.

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.

A conversation with Harald Överholm

Alongside running a successful company, Harald Överholm, CEO and co-founder of Alight, has been an advisor to WWF, the Swedish government and the Stockholm Environment Institute, as well as a former board member of Swedish Solar Energy. He is also a Cambridge alumni and spoke to the Cambridge Engineer about his range of experiences, from founding his company to his background as a venture capitalist.

Harald Överholm keynote speaker at Davos Energy Week

Harald Överholm held a keynote on Subsidy-Free Solar in EU going forward, at Davos Energy Week today.

Alight to build Sweden’s largest solar park for Martin & Servera

The Martin & Servera Group has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Alight. Under the terms of the agreement, the Group will source 40 percent of its electricity from the solar park, which will be built outside Skurup. Once online, the solar park will be the largest in Sweden.

Webinar: Mastering multi-site solar rollouts

Rolling out multi-site rooftop solar may seem complex and challenging at first glance. But you can overcome complexity and reap the rewards of clean electricity below grid prices as is the case throughout most of Europe. Watch our webinar with SolarCity founder Peter Rive and an experienced corporate buyer.

Harald Överholm about PPA on The Sustainable Futures Report

Last week, our CEO Harald Overholm, had a conversation about coupling renewable energy with power purchase agreements, PPAs, on the podcast The Sustainable Futures Report.

Harald Overholm om PPA i podden The Sustainable Futures Report

Förra veckan gästade Alights vd CEO Harald Överholm podcasten The Sustainable Futures Report för att prata om förnybar energi genom PPA.

Interview with our CPO: The big deal about solar power, digital and storage

Digital technologies and storage capabilities will enable both greater savings and sustainability gains from solar. Mattias Arrelid, Alight's Chief Product Officer and former Head of Content Platform at Spotify, connects the dots, mining knowledge from his experience at the digital music service and applying it to solar.

6 key success factors when sourcing your solar PPA

Solar power capacity in Europe has grown rapidly over the past few years and the share of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) have increased at an even higher pace. This trend is fuelled by a soaring demand from large corporates and a strong appetite from institutional investors to invest in renewable energy.

Harald Överholm joins the DNV GL Energy talks

Alights founder and CEO Harald Överholm joined the podcast DNV GL Energy talks for a discussion about the huge potential of solar power to be a driving factor in the energy transition over the next few years. Harald Överholm also shared that he believes solar could account for up to 50% of global energy production within our lifetime.

Join our webinar about rooftop solar power

Mastering multi-site solar rollouts: Learn from SolarCity founder Peter Rive and experienced corporate buyers

Watch the inauguration of the solar park in Linköping

Swedish Minister for Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman officially inaugurated one of Sweden’s largest solar parks on October 21. Watch him officially open the solar park!

The solar park in Linköping inaugurated

Swedish Minister for Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman today officially inaugurated one of Sweden’s largest solar parks. The park in Linköping has been producing electricity for Swedbank since last July, using 30,000 solar panels.

The solar park in Linköping nominated for an award

Alight, Tekniska Verken i Linköping, Infranode and Swedbank are nominated for the CIO Awards where the solar park in Linköping can win a prize for Sustainable Project of the Year.

Alight shares a light on solar energy

Harald Överholm, CEO of Alight, on solar energy and PPA, Power Purchase Agreements.

We're launching Alight renewable energy update!

With so much going on in the market, we thought you would find it useful to stay ahead of market intelligence as well as news, events and insights from our end.

Alight's sustainability report 2019

As a renewable energy company, we are deeply concerned about CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions create a pivotal challenge for our generation. To know that we play a role in the shift towards a more sustainable energy consumption is a source of pride for our team, as well as for our customers and our investors.

Swedish government raise the limit for tax exempt on solar onsite

The Swedish government now take action to further improve the business case for onsite solar by raising the limit for tax exempt from 255 kW to 500 kW. 

Sweden’s biggest solar park in Linköping is now producing electricity

The first solar panels were mounted in the middle of May and despite delays due to the Corona pandemic, Sweden’s biggest solar park is now producing electricity. The estimated electricity production on a sunny summer’s day is the equivalent to the annual household electricity of 18 houses or 36 apartments. The solar park is a joint venture between Alight, Infranode, Tekniska verken i Linköping and Swedbank.

How a solar PPA can generate day one savings - a webinar

Can a solar PPA generate savings from day one, even in Sweden? In this recorded webinar, Alight and Bixia deep dive in the business case for large scale solar in southern Sweden and what you as a potential corporate buyer should consider before signing a solar PPA.

Eneo is now Alight!

The construction of Sweden’s largest solar park is now ready to begin

Axel Johnson invests in Alight (previously Eneo)

Swedbank and Alight (previously Eneo) will build Sweden’s largest solar power plant

Toyota Material Handling Europe and Alight (previously Eneo) join forces in strategic solar energy programme

Raise the bar with additionality

European solar and the PPA market