RES Enters Joint Agreement With Alight To Develop Solar Energy In Sweden
RES, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, has announced a collaboration with Alight, a leading solar PPA provider, to develop and deliver new solar projects in Sweden. Together RES and Alight aim to accelerate the energy transition through multiple solar projects in the central and southern parts of Sweden.
By sharing knowledge and experience, RES and Alight will improve the development process for solar projects in Sweden. RES has a long track record of developing, constructing and operating renewable projects in the Nordics as well as globally. Having developed over 2,5 GW of solar globally, RES has now partnered up with Alight, who has vast expertise of both onsite and offsite solar assets, to expand development in the Nordics.
The partnership aims to result in a total of 200-300 MW large scale solar projects within the coming years.
Matilda Afzelius, CEO – RES, said: “We are happy and proud to announce this new collaboration. Partnerships such as these are important for the future and ensures a more efficient and lasting transition to renewables. With our collective knowledge and experience, and through collaboration, we can enable a future where everyone has access to affordable zero carbon energy.”
Harald Överholm, CEO at Alight, commented: “By teaming up with RES, we boost our future projects with a highly qualified partner to support us with site development in Sweden. This way we can develop and build out more clean energy at a higher pace, which is critical to amplify the energy transition and to reach the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the temperature increase to 1,5 degrees Celsius”.
Johan Roger, Project Manager – RES, added: “By developing more solar projects on the Swedish market we are contributing to the growth of the market as well as a larger diversity in renewable energy sources. As demand for green energy grows we need to ensure a mix of complementary sources to meet that demand. This collaboration is a positive and important move in the right direction.”
About RES
RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company and is active in onshore and offshore wind, solar, energy storage and transmission and distribution. At the forefront of the industry for over 40 years, RES has delivered more than 22GW of renewable energy projects across the globe and supports an operational asset portfolio exceeding 9GW worldwide for a large client base. Understanding the unique needs of corporate clients, RES has secured over 1.5GW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) enabling access to energy at the lowest cost. RES employs more than 2,500 people and is active in 11 countries. In Scandinavia RES has offices in Gothenburg, Östersund and Oslo.
About Alight
Alight is the leading solar Power Purchase Agreement provider in the Nordics. We build, own and manage onsite and offsite solar assets to help large corporations save money and do good, now and in the long term. We have 47 solar assets under management or development and are developing over 500 MW of solar-as-a-service across Europe. Our 35 employees are active all over Europe, proving that a small and specialized team can have a big impact. Our goal is to reach at least 1 GW of solar contracts by 2025.
