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Alight switches on 101 MW solar project in Finland

The solar developer told pv magazine it plans to add a co-located battery storage system to the Eurajoki solar park next year.
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Nordic solar developer Alight and automotive safety supplier Autoliv have inaugurated the 101 MW Eurajoki solar park.

Located on Finland’s west coast, the park is built, owned and operated by Alight. It will generate around 100 GWh annually, equivalent to the consumption of approximately 20,000 households, making it one of the largest in the country.

The electricity generated by the plant will be delivered to Autoliv under a long-term virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) first signed in April 2025, billed as the largest in Finland’s history at the time.

A statement published by Alight explains that long-term corporate PPAs are becoming an increasingly common route for businesses to secure predictable energy costs, with this agreement part of a broader, global climate strategy across Autoliv’s operations.

The solar park is made up of two distinct sites brought together by a shared substation. Alight says the two-site design allowed the project’s environmental protection measures to be tailored to local conditions at each location, with one site’s biodiversity plan including habitat restoration and improved wetland edges, and the other featuring a new pond.

The project was backed by €46 million ($53.5 million) of senior debt from banks ABN AMRO and SEB.

Alexander Rudberg, Alight’s Head of Development, told pv magazine the company is planning to add a co-located battery storage to the Eurajoki solar park.

“The current plan is for a 30 MW/60 MWh battery system to be in place in 2027,” he confirmed.

Rudberg added that in the Finnish region of Satakunta, where the Eurajoki project is located, Alight has a further four projects under development totaling 360 MW of solar and 150 MW of battery energy storage.

“They are in various stages of development, for example one has a grid connection agreement signed and two have received approved permits,” he shared.

Additional figures from Alight put its total solar and storage pipeline across Finland at in excess of 1 GW.

Finland installed 478 MW of utility-scale solar during the first half of 2026, taking cumulative utility-scale capacity to 842 MW. The commissioning of the Eurajoki project brings the country closer to 1 GW of large-scale solar.

Finland’s largest operational solar project is the 204 MW Kalanti solar park, which came online earlier this year.

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