"We need to set the bar high"

What is your role in Better Energy?

I have been responsible for establishing Better Energy in Sweden. I joined Better Energy’s Finance Department in 2018 and, in 2020, I moved to Development with a focus on our Swedish market.

I got great experience with the Better Energy way of doing things, such as how we engage with communities.

Seven colleagues have joined the team since then, and we have just upgraded our office facilities, so we now have room to double the size of our team. And we are hiring!

What have you been working on?

Currently, we are focusing on building a pipeline of projects, which are based on land lease agreements, and getting the parks ready to build.

Compared to Denmark, it is very different to access and buy land in Sweden. When the lease agreements are signed, we initiate the environmental permit processes and establish a dialogue with the grid companies.

As in our other markets, we expect long grid connection lead times, so we spend a lot of time on this early on.

Our team has worked hard on moving projects forward in the development cycle. We really hope to be able to build and grid connect our first Better Energy project in Sweden soon.

How would you describe working at Better Energy?

I love coming to work, and I think it is about both purpose and values. We are trying to change the world for the better, and that feels good, of course. But our values-based approach is also about how we drive change and how we work together.

Everyone has a role in delivering the best solution, and we are all part of delivering superior results.

Since we are not the first movers in Sweden, we need to set the bar high to outperform.

Because of our knowledge sharing and experience from our other markets, we can really see that we are a standout player, staying true to our purpose and emphasising the importance of doing things the right way in neighbour dialogues, boosting biodiversity and just being open and sincere.

Why join Better Energy?

Even though Better Energy is one of the major players in solar energy production in Northern Europe, we are still a relatively young and vibrant company where we manage to keep our entrepreneurial spirit and where the distance from thought to action is short.

I love that we can build something meaningful together, and every year new great people join us on our scaling journey.