Warren Campbell, CEO of Alight, stood on a windswept field in southern Sweden last spring, picturing rows of solar panels stretching to the horizon. Today, that vision is one step closer to reality. Alight has acquired 40 solar power projects from Soltech Energy Solutions, unlocking a 2-gigawatt (GW) pipeline across Sweden’s sunniest regions.
This isn’t just another energy deal. It’s a major leap for clean power in the Nordics. With this acquisition, Alight now has more than 5GW of renewable projects in its development queue—enough to power over 1 million homes when fully built. The sites sit in Sweden’s SE3 and SE4 electricity zones, where demand is high and sunlight is surprisingly strong for northern latitudes. Most locations also have room to add battery storage, meaning they could one day store solar energy for use at night or during peak hours.
The portfolio didn’t come easy. Soltech spent years securing land rights and advancing permits—a slow but critical process in Sweden. Now, Alight takes over, speeding up grid connection work and pushing the projects toward “ready-to-build” status. That head start matters. In an industry where delays can stretch for years, having land and early approvals cuts through red tape and gets clean energy online faster.
Alight plans to fund these solar parks through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). Under this model, companies like factories or data centers agree to buy the electricity at fixed prices over decades. This stability helps finance construction while offering businesses predictable energy costs—and zero carbon emissions.
Christoffer Caesar, CEO of Soltech Energy Solutions, called it a natural next step. His team nurtured these projects from ideas into shovel-ready opportunities. "The projects are now entering a phase where a long-term investor is better placed to take them towards investment decision and construction," he said. With the deal cleared by Sweden’s Inspectorate of Strategic Products, the path forward is open.
This momentum builds on recent wins: Alight recently launched the 215-megawatt Lidsø Solar Park in Denmark—the size of about 300 football fields—and the 101-megawatt Eurajoki Solar Park in Finland, built with automotive supplier Autoliv. Together, these milestones show that utility-scale solar is no longer experimental in the region—it’s scaling fast.
Grid bottlenecks and permitting backlogs still pose challenges, as Alight’s own Annelie Westén warned last year. But with 5GW now in the pipeline, the company is betting big on a brighter, cleaner future. And those 40 quiet fields in southern Sweden? They’re about to get very busy.