Johan Hernström

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Talking New Energy · 246. Can merchant batteries make solar PPAs work again? Insights from Alight · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

Definitely.

And first of all, thank you for having me.

I've listened to your podcast.

I've learned a lot.

So hopefully you can share something that your listeners are interested in.

So really looking forward to our conversation.

Yeah, my name is Ywan Hashstrom.

I'm head of revenue at a company called Alight.

We are a PV and BES IPP, meaning independent power producer.

And that essentially means we develop, finance, construct, own, operate solar and best.

Assets across a number of European markets, and we are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

We're backed by CVC Diff, private equity fund.

We have something like 500 megawatts of operating assets, a pipeline of three gigawatts.

We have the largest solar partners in Sweden.

We have, I think, the first and the largest PPA-backed partners in Finland, and we have actually our biggest

assets in Denmark, which is a two hundred megawatt plus solar park.

Before going into the details as to what we do, I think what struck me when I joined, and I feel it's very much core to us, is that we're truly a purpose-driven company.

So we all do what we do because we genuinely believe that the world would need a massive amount of clean power.

I mean, you and I talked about the heat waves in Europe before you pressed record.

The world is deglobalizing, we're seeing regional

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