The Swedish Energy Agency granted SEK 36.5 million to the Solar Research Centre in Sweden, which also goes by the abbreviation SOLVE, just before Christmas Eve. This is part of the SEK 130 million in total budget that will drive the research forward between 2022 and 2026.
The purpose of the competence centre is to, according to a news release from the organization Svensk Solenergi,"strengthen cooperation between industry, the public sector and academia in order to make available knowledge of the highest quality and competence for society's transition to a sustainable energy system." In this way, it will contribute to the national sustainability goals and have a role in the expansion of solar electricity for Swedish companies.
"We want to contribute as much as we can."
Some actors behind SOLVE are Uppsala University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB, Dalarna University, Mälardalen University and Karlstad University.
We at SBP have chosen to be involved in the project and therefore written a letter of intent with the aim of, among other things, further developing and testing new green technologies.
"We see taking greater steps in the development of solar energy as extremely important and see the new research centre as a fundamental part of the national sustainability goals. We therefore want to contribute as much as we can based on our knowledge, resources and competences," says Andreas Backström, CEO of SBP.
