Solar energy is growing rapidly in Sweden. As electricity prices have risen, and are expected to skyrocket during the winter, solar energy has become an extremely profitable business. This is also evident in the interest and number of newly registered solar cell installations this year—at the beginning of the third quarter, the number of installations had already exceeded the figures for the whole of 2021. This is according to Dagens Industri, referring to figures from the industry organization Svensk Solenergi.
One reason is, of course, the increased electricity prices, which are also expected to skyrocket in the winter.
– We have noticed a large increase in demand now during the spring compared to the growth of about 20 percent that we have had in recent years. Considering how electricity prices have developed during the winter, it was in some ways expected, but the increase is greater than we had anticipated a year ago, says Oskar Öhrman, technical manager at Svensk Solenergi, to DI.
The organization expects to reach approximately 50,000 installed solar cell installations by the end of the year, which would mean a total increase of more than 75 percent.
