Sjöbo and Skurup are the best in the country when it comes to solar energy Borgholm residents have now installed 4 times more solar PV per person than the national average according to Svensk Solenergi solar installations are spreading in the municipalities and Borgholm has dared to invest heavily and quickly seen the results of the work The important thing now is that we streamline the permit processes for large-scale solar power and demand transparency in the electricity grid so that more municipalities can take the same step towards cheap and renewable electricity," says Anna Werner With 1,635 W of installed solar power per inhabitant, Borgholm municipality takes first place from Skurup in the ranking Solcellstoppen with an increase of 73% in installed capacity per person from 2022 Borgholm's total installed capacity is 17 MW Sjöbo is in second place with 1,585 W per inhabitant and Skurup is in third place with 1,366 W per inhabitant At the bottom is Gällivare with only 17 W of installed solar power per inhabitant Also see: Further growth of the Swedish PV market Sweden's southern municipalities continue to dominate the top of the list Solar energy has no problem putting on its winter coat when needed and has great potential to supply electricity to northern industrial investments The spread of solar electricity production across the country is good both because it creates new jobs around the country and because it strengthens Swedish security as the electricity supply is decentralized The total installed capacity in Sweden is now 3,973 MW This is 66% more than in 2022 and 27 times more than at the beginning of 2017 there was only 14 W installed per inhabitant which has increased to 376 W per inhabitant today If all of Sweden had the same amount of solar power per inhabitant as Borgholm the country would be the most densely solar-powered country in Europe within striking distance of the top countries Germany (996 W/inhabitant) and Belgium (846 W/inhabitant) 103 900 new solar PV installations were installed in Sweden and by the end of the year there were just over 250 000 installations in total To reach the Swedish Solar Energy target of 30 TWh by 2030 With the subscription to this newsletter, I agree to be informed about interesting publishing and online offers of Alfons W. 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Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience A 245 kWh mobile storage solution from Swedish manufacturer Northvolt was connected to an operational section of a PV plant under construction in Sweden to replace diesel power generators around 500 kW of the operational capacity of the solar park will be enough to power the site’s operations through the battery in the country's southernmost county of Skåne The mobile storage solution was connected to a section of the PV plant that had already reached completion and was used to replace diesel power generators The solar park in Skurup will be operational shortly and Alight's experts are currently collecting and evaluating data from the trial with the battery “A long-term scenario we have is that when the first part of the park is built and operational we can use that power to charge the batteries then used to build the rest of the park,” a company spokesperson told pv magazine “Our rough estimate is that it wouldn't need more than approximately 500 kW and then can be expanded to around 1 MW.” “As we have seen in our pilot project Northvolt’s battery capabilities can enable us to remove diesel generators from our site and we hope to expand further utilizing this option aiming for a diesel-free solar plant construction,” said Alight CEO More articles from Emiliano Bellini Please be mindful of our community standards and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This website uses cookies to anonymously count visitor numbers. View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Swedish solar company Alight will expand to the Finnish market by constructing a new solar PV project with a capacity of more than 100MW Alight will begin construction on the ground-mounted solar project which is located in Eurajoki in western Finland in the fourth quarter of 2024 and plans to commission the project in Q1 2026 the project’s expected annual electricity production will reach 107GWh and Alight claimed that the project will be one of Finland’s largest solar parks under development “This new project in Eurajoki marks an exciting expansion phase into the Finnish market for Alight while at the same time helping the country to reach its ambitious targets of becoming carbon neutral by 2035 and the world’s first fossil fuel-free society,” said Warren Campbell In other parts of Scandinavia, Alight announced plans to build a 64MW solar farm in Hallstavik, Sweden The project will be built in the municipality of Norrtälje in south-east Sweden Swedish retailer Axfood has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement to buy power from the project In July, the company also opened an office in Madrid hoping to tap into the city’s mature talent pool to support its growth and development in Europe we have upgraded our product offerings and features to bring you the best experience please check your email inbox for password reset message from PV Tech and follow the instructions Can\'t find the email? Try to sign in again and use the "Forgot Password" button If you have any questions please contact us for 'Koslapp,' the annual tradition and a happy time for all when Swedish cows celebrate spring Soon everyone will have celebrated the start of spring — even the cows cows have been running happily into their pastures after the long winter in barns Kosläpp (letting out the cow) is a big day every year when school children and folks of all ages line up at various farms and dairies just to watch the cows get turned out to pasture 165,000 people showed up at farms around the country to see how happy cows rush out to pasture Skåne the crowds became so great that the cows had to run out in two rounds Around 10,000 visitors came to see the happy cows tumble out into the countryside and spectators can’t help but feel the joy What better reason to miss a day of school than a happy cow it’s become such a spectacle that additional activities have been added at various locations: pony and tractor rides grilled sausages and free chocolate milk and ice cream while supplies last And if you missed the first round of kosläpp celebrations in southern Sweden, don’t worry — there are more chances if you head north over the coming days and weeks as spring rolls out across the northern counties. Dates and locations here: Välkommen till årets kosläpp Skurup council's decision to impose a ban on headscarves in primary and secondary schools in the southern Swedish municipality has provoked a strong reaction around two hundred people gathered outside the town hall to demonstrate "This criminalises Muslim girls and deprives them of their rights," Tasnim Raoof spokesperson for Malmö's young Muslims association tells Swedish Radio Conservative Moderate councillor Loubna Stensåker Göransson who in December voted in favour of the Sweden Democrats' ban proposal says to Swedish Radio it's about "equality" and freedom from religious indoctrination says that a headscarf ban is not permitted or compatible with discrimination laws Radio Swedenenglish@sverigesradio.se Sofie Dahlstedtsofie.dahlstedt@sverigesradio.se  P4 Malmöhus plus weekly summary on Fridays at 4.30pm on P2 (P6 89.6FM in Stockholm) Kontakta gärna Sveriges Radios forum för teknisk support där vi besvarar dina frågor vardagar kl Stay updated to receive the latest from Islam21c After the Sweden Democrats proposed a bill in 2018 to go “against the full-covering Muslim veil in all public places”, the local council in southern Sweden, Skurup, introduced a ban on “religious headgear” in primary schools and preschools.[1] non-Muslim teachers and staff have adopted the headscarf and donned the whole face veil (also known as ‘niqab’) to show their support for their Muslim students Marit was one of six non-Muslim teachers to show their support “The students get excited when they see that we also have veils. They feel that we support them.”[2] This action has been taken as a protest against the local council’s decision but also an objection to ‘ban the burqa’ all over the country The chair of Malmo’s Young Muslims, Tasnim Raoof, argues that the ban denies “Muslim women’s right to their…democratic freedom of choice.” After the Skurup council implemented the ban, Raoof went on to say, “this criminalises Muslim girls.”[3] The burqa ban in Skurup has allowed a new ripple of racism and hate to take place which in the wider scale will eventually become a wave that is spread across the whole of Sweden as we have seen the same thing happening in many other countries across Europe such as Belgium Non-Muslim women went out of their way and risked their safety to fight against this ongoing marginalisation of Muslim women the headmaster at Prästamosseskolan School stating that neither he nor his fellow colleagues will support the ban “Neither I nor any of my colleagues will enforce it Then it becomes a matter of personnel for the municipality to handle.” it is important for Muslim women all over the world to stay strong in their faith at a time where their home and neighbouring countries are legislating the removal of that which promotes their identity as Muslims “And we will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes they say, ‘indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.’ Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are [rightly] guided.”[5] have patience and know that this suffering is a trial have complete faith in your Lord and know that He will grant you ease in your difficulties Source: www.islam21c.com [1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08038740.2019.1668847 [2] https://sputniknews.com/europe/202001151078040161-non-muslim-teachers-don-islamic-veils-in-protest-against-local-ban-in-sweden/ [3] https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=7384361 [4] https://www.firstpost.com/india/women-from-different-faiths-don-hijabs-during-sit-in-at-jantar-mantar-to-protest-attacks-on-muslim-women-during-anti-caa-stir-7907971.html [5] Al-Qur’ān Isn’t that cultural appropriation… looney lefties strike again… poor muslim women are being punished for NOT wearing the correct headgear: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/18/woman-whipped-by-the-taliban-over-burqa-without-veil-afghanistan https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5411777/Ex-Muslim-tells-mother-forcing-wear-niqab.html So glad to so many muslims freeing themselves from the cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7pChq-3Qjs “Verily Islam started as something strange and it would again revert (to its old position) of being strange just as it started, and it would recede between the two mosques just as the serpent crawls back into its hole.” Islam’s collapse back o Arabia has begun…. To suggest the ill treatment of Muslim women in another corner of the globe, or ‘all around the Peter Buckley world’, somehow justifies the taking away of women’s religious rights in the west. What a joke from another Islamophobe as expected. Meanwhile western women are flocking to Islam and adopting the hijab. Islams collapse I hear you say!? Hmmm interesting theory. Totally Baseless mate. Have a nice day Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Whether you want to volunteer or be a part of our team, there are ways you can always make a contribution to the Muslim Ummah. We know how it feels to miss out on the latest breaking stories, exciting project announcements, and multimedia productions, so here is this handy box to make sure you don’t miss a thing! Signing up takes just 10 seconds. A Swedish Court of Appeal has found the ban on hijab in schools, introduced by the municipalities of Skurup and Staffanstorp, illegal. Hereby, the court upheld a previous decision by the Administrative Court, emphasising that the ban contradicts both Swedish and international law. “Being allowed to practice or show one’s religion is something that is protected by both the Instrument of Government and the European Convention,” President of the Court of Appeal, Dag Stegeland, said in a press release. Both Skurup and Staffanstorp municipalities had previously decided on a ban on wearing headscarves in school. In Skurup, the decision applies to both students and staff and in Staffanstorp only to students. Both bans sparked hot media debates. While liberal and left-leaning politicians and opinion makers sternly condemned the bans they viewed as oppression and an encroachment of freedom of religion and women’s rights, proponents of the bans said they upheld secular traditions and struck a blow against religious oppression of women, which doesn’t belong in feminist Sweden. According to the court, covering one’s head or hair can be motivated by religious belief and is seen as part of the individual’s religious practice or as an expression of the individual’s freedom of expression. Stegeland said the protection of religious freedom in the Instrument of Government is absolute. “The fact that the Education Act states that the school education must be non-denominational is about the teaching, not what clothes you are allowed to wear. Restricting religious freedom in the way the municipalities have done thus lacks constitutional support in Swedish law,” Stegeland added. The number of Muslims in Sweden has soared in recent decades, from several hundred in the 1950s to over 800,000 in a country of over 10 million today. UPDATE NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars through domain flipping, buy domain names for cheap and have it resold to earn up to $15,000. Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You. A Swedish court has reportedly revoked a ruling which banned wearing Islamic headscarves at schools in the country’s southern town The Skurup town council had decided to ban hijab for students under the age of 13 years last year Many Muslim students and teachers protested the decision and the principal of the Prastamosse school Malmo Administrative Court of Appeals released a statement saying the Skurup town council’s decision was unconstitutional the ban was also contrary to the constitutional provisions on religious freedom and the European Convention The number of Muslims living in Sweden is around 800,000 which is over eight percent of the country’s total population The acceptance of the Islamic headscarf and face veil in public spaces is still a hot topic across Europe with debates revolving around religious freedom UPDATE NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars through domain flipping buy domain names for cheap and have it resold to earn up to $15,000 Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You The Malmo Administrative Court of Appeals reversed a previous decision on the headscarf for violating the constitution and freedom of religion which is located in the southern county of Skane A statement by the ombudsperson said that the appeal had been made for violating the Swedish constitution The Skurup town council had banned the headscarf for students under the age of 13 last year one of the school principals in the area had said that he does not recognize the decision and would not implement it in his school European countries have come under fire for their obsession with banning the Islamic headscarf and face veil proposals on the issue have been endorsed by MPs from the Centre Party the Moderates and the Swedish Democrats since 2009 They want to destroy and take over the country I hate all Muslims to the extent that I get sick when I see them," Monika Wollmer from the Sweden Democrats said in 2018 The annual European Islamophobia Report shows that political and public discourses of Nordic countries continually feature debates on the role of the face veil and the headscarf in public spaces the face veil was banned from schools and nurseries targeting both the staff and students in the former legislative proposals for face veil bans have failed so far