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Sunmind, a subsidiary of construction firm VINCI Concessions, has acquired solar developer Helios Nordic Energy for US$73 million.

Finnish energy company Ilmatar plans to build a 450MW solar PV project in the county of Halland, southwest Sweden.

Swedish solar manufacturer Midsummer has selected the municipality of Flen in central Sweden to build a 200MW thin-film solar cell facility.

Swedish manufacturer Nordcell has revealed plans to build a 1.2GW module manufacturing plant in northern Sweden.

Israel-headquartered inverter provider Solaredge and the regional council of the Scania region, in southernmost Sweden, will develop a pilot agri-pv project to trial the technology in Swedish conditions.

Midsummer has appointed former executive vice president Eric Jaremalm to the position of CEO, following the resignation of Sven Lindström.

French renewable power producer Neoen has begun construction on a 100MWp PV plant in Sweden, alongside Swedish independent power producer (IPP), Alight.

Alight recently expanded to Finland as the company's management believes both Sweden and Finland offers massive yet untapped potential when it comes to developing solar projects.

In the last two weeks, new solar projects, or deals involving existing facilities, have been struck in Sweden, Senegal and Uruguay.

As PV projects become more and more common in the Nordics, wind players like OX2 are entering the solar market with large-scale projects.