Helios Nordic Energy has reached-ready-to build status on two solar projects totalling over 110MW in Sweden.
The developer has now handed both sites over to Danish solar energy company Nordic Solar as part of a deal to transfer four projects from its pipeline to Nordic.
The first facility is close to Hultsfred airport in southern Sweden and will have the potential to accommodate up to 92MW of capacity, making it one of the largest solar projects in Sweden to enter the construction phase.
The other plant is in the estate of Medinge, north of Örebro and will have the potential to accommodate an installed capacity of up to 21MW.
The project has been developed rapidly and it has taken less than a year to obtain all necessary permits and a grid connection agreement with the local grid operator Linde Energi, stated Helios.
“We are very proud to announce these landmark projects that our team has worked so hard to progress during the past two years,” said CEO of Helios Nordic Energy Andreas Tunbjer.
“We want to highlight the very good cooperative approach by all stakeholders, including the County Administrative Board of Kalmar and Örebro, the municipalities of Hultsfred and Örebro, grid operator E.ON and Linde Energi, our land owners and not the least our investor and new owner in this project, Nordic Solar.”
The Hultsfred and Medinge developments will now enter a more detailed planning stage and a tendering process will commence for the construction works. Final design and capacity will be established in the coming months.
Helios will remain active in the projects by delivering construction management services followed by asset management services after the solar parks have commenced operation, which is estimated be before the end of 2025.