Scatec Solar instrumental in the establishment of Northern Europe’s largest PV plant

Glava Energy Center in Arvika, Sweden has started electricity production at its 100 kW solar PV plant. Scatec Solar has provided plant design, construction and installation of the facility which is the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.

The PV plant will when fully installed produce around 100 000 kWh per year and double as a visitors and research facility as the solar PV part of the Energy Center.

The PV plant will when fully installed produce around 100 000 kWh per year and double as a visitors and research facility as the solar PV part of the Energy Center.

- We are happy to be part of the joint initiative to establish an Energy Center in Sweden close to the Norwegian boarder, Raymond Carlsen, CEO of Scatec Solar said.  Solar energy is still a very young industry and initiatives that provide both research opportunities as well as increased understanding of the various technologies involved are important, Mr. Carlsen said.
 
The first 86 kWp of the Glava PV facility utilizes REC modules, while the remaining 17 kWp due to be installed by the end of the year  will be Innotech Solar modules based on shunted cells. A “shunted cell” is a short-circuited cell which normally is discarded as it will not work in a regular module. However, ITS has developed a technology to correct these cells and this technology will be tested at Glava. The PV facility is also a pilot for Norsk Solkraft’s new mounting system, for ABB’s brand new line of inverters, as well as SMA’s new ”Sunny Tripower” inverter.

To keep cost down, the entire installation process has been based on volunteers contributing time and effort to realize the project. Hence, the Scatec management team led by chairman Alf Bjørseth, founder of both REC and Scatec Solar, got hands-on experience installing the majority of the modules this fall.

Contact: Sven Røst, VP Communications, tel: +47 932 53 196

Alf Bjørseth, chairman of Scatec AS, shows impeccable determination installing modules at the Glava Energy Center.