Swedish developer Alight has announced it is expanding into the Finnish market with a 100MW-plus solar park.
The ground-mounted site will be located over 123 hectares (equivalent to 175 football fields) in Eurajoki in the Satakunta municipality.
With an installed capacity of more than 100MW, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of about 20,000 homes, it will be one of Finland’s largest solar parks under development. According to the target plan, the site will begin construction in fourth quarter 2024 and will be commissioned in first quarter 2026.
The Finnish municipality of Eurajoki is already a leader in fossil-free electricity production, home to the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant, and the addition of Alight’s new solar park will further cement its position as a global leader in the clean energy transition said the company.
The development and construction of the park will also bring more jobs to the community it added.
“Alight has been pioneering solar power in Sweden for more than 10 years and we similarly see huge potential in the Finnish market,” said Alight chief operations officer Warren Campbell.
“This new project in Eurajoki marks an exciting expansion phase into the Finnish market for Alight, while at the same time helping the country to reach its ambitious targets of becoming carbon neutral by 2035 and the world’s first fossil fuel-free society.”