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Construction on the Knihult solar farm is expected to begin in spring next year, with grid connection planned for 2025.
Ilmatar, a Finnish renewables developer, has secured permits to build the 55MW Knihult solar farm in southern Sweden.
The Knihult solar farm will be located in Småland and will occupy a total area of 54 hectares (ha).
It will have a 20MW battery energy storage facility, allowing it to supply the generated power as needed.
Construction will begin in spring 2024 and grid connection is scheduled for early 2025.
The project will be built on land previously used for peat extraction, and Ilmatar stated that the area will be restored to a wetland before the solar farm’s construction. It is unsuitable for food production owing to its earlier use.
Ilmatar Energy CEO Juha-Pekka Weckström stated: “I am excited to see Ilmatar’s growth in Sweden. We have said that we are strongly committed to starting renewable energy production in Sweden, and Knihult is a great concrete step forward in our journey. |
