Sweden: 500MW of new photovoltaics will be added in 2021, with a total of 1.59GW

    Recently, the Swedish Energy Agency released data showing that the installed Complete Home Solar Kit photovoltaic capacity in Sweden reached 1.59GW at the end of December.

    The data shows that 2021 is the year with the largest deployment of solar energy in Sweden, with about 500MW of new power generation capacity in the grid, 180MW in 2018, 287MW in 2019, and 400MW in 2020.

    It is understood that there are currently about 92,360 photovoltaic panels in Sweden, an increase of about 26,500 over last year. In 2020, about 22,000 new PV panels were deployed.

    According to Energimyndigheten, more than half of deployed PV systems have less than 20kW of installed capacity, and 42% have between 20kW and 1MW of installed capacity. Solar power parks with an installed capacity of more than 1MW account for about 8% of the country's total installed solar capacity. Most of Sweden's PV capacity comes from residential and commercial PV panels supported by the tax rebate scheme. The Swedish Energy Agency has invested around SEK 4.8 billion ($511.2 million) to support the solar PV programme for 2009-2021.