Featured in Embracing change – 02-2020

Past the Arctic Circle, one degree at a time

Solar has a small but increasingly important role to play in the Nordic energy transition. And while there is still a gap in PV cost-competitiveness across some markets, interest in solar facades, BIPV solutions and C&I applications is growing.
Helsinki Airport | Image: Finavia

Like English ivy climbing a brick wall, in the past decade PV has silently crept further northward in Europe: from Germany and the Netherlands, to Denmark, then Sweden, and now even Norway and Finland, all the way past the Arctic Circle. Especially for prosumers, solar is proving a popular way to bring down electricity bills …

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