Tell us about yourself and your role at Svea Solar.

During an exchange study year in Brasil 7 years ago, I took the decision to work within the energy sector. Since then I have engaged in tasks and projects that aim to tackle the energy transition - matching environmental, social and economic factors with technological solutions.

As part of the Utility Business Development International team: I search, assess and originate opportunities for building solar parks across Europe. At the same time, I manage and coordinate with our various local and international partners the different stages in the permitting procedures before we can begin building solar parks.

How is it like to work at Svea Solar?

The Utility department has this start-up vibe, which gives a high degree of freedom for each team member to allocate the time to what you think it is best. The end goal is clear: build solar parks but for that one needs to prioritize tasks and strategize on what is the best way to reach the finish line.

How does your team look like?

We are an age-diverse, multicultural team. While everyone of us brings different experience level and values to the group, we all share a can-do-attitude and are always up to creating good vibes.

What's the biggest challange for your team?

Although Svea Solar has passed the 1000 employee mark, we at Utility are less than 40 employees - and we were barely 20 people when I joined less than a year ago. This is probably one of the main challenges, as we we need to onboard as efficiently as possible new colleagues, keep processes dynamic and adapt to changes while keeping the eyes on the prize!

What problems do you get the chance to solve in your daily work?

Not a simple answer, as the problem(s) may be market dependent, legislation dependent, cultural dependent... we want to get the permits to build and operate solar parks. But the question is: how do we get there?

For example, depending on geography, legislation or cultural differences, a park might include energy storage, agri-PV (the combination of solar and agricultural practices), solar trackers that orient the panel towards the sun, or we might take measures to improve biodiversity in the area. Working with the local community and legislators for each of our projects enable us to find the best solution for each situation.

Why did you choose to join Svea Solar?

Svea Solar's mission just hooked me. In this role, I get a chance to be part of the energy transition through the Solar revolution. Feels great to make an impact as to establishing where, when and how we are going to build solar parks. Our contribution has a very visual "before" and "after" effect: where there was an empty plot plot of land, now there is a solar park deliverying clean electricity.

What does a typical day at Svea look like for you?

When not travelling to one of our markets - which we aim to do once every second month to strengthen relationships with local partners - a typical day at Svea for me starts with a big cup of coffee at the office, catching up with emails and ensuring that between focused work and meetings I fit 5 minutes of ping pong with colleagues.

Tell us something we don't know about you.

I convinced my father to choose Svea Solar for installing solar panels in his business, established in Madrid. I really hope that I can coordinate with the Spanish B2B team to be there when they start the works!

What can't you live without in your daily work?

Definetly my water bottle. My body would definetly be under 66% of water without it.

What are you looking forward to the most in 2023?

Launching our very first solar park in Cyprus.