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82 panels stolen from solar park

Solar panels worth several hundred thousand crowns were stolen over the weekend from the solar park at Lägsta Punkten (Sweden’s lowest point). The thieves drove in through the back road and cut holes in the fence.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 4 september 2020
On Saturday night the sola park was victim to theft.
On Saturday night the sola park was victim to theft.Foto: Lasse Ottosson

The solar park will soon be finished. It will be one of Sweden's largest solar parks with an output of 4 megawatts. But on Saturday night it was victim to theft.

The solar park has about 10,000 solar panels. 82 pieces in the bottom row were stolen.
The solar park has about 10,000 solar panels. 82 pieces in the bottom row were stolen.Foto: Lasse Ottosson

– They have moved the jersey barriers on the road to the ”Lägsta Punkten” and driven behind there with a vehicle. They then cut the fence up and got in that way, says Rickard Månsson from C4 Energi.

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The thieves have unscrewed panels from the bottom row. They took 82 panels. Each panel is 435 watts, measures 2 x 1 metres and weighs 20-25 kilos each.

The thieves got into the area by cutting holes in the eastern part of the fence (two metres high). The fence was repaired at the beginning of the week.
The thieves got into the area by cutting holes in the eastern part of the fence (two metres high). The fence was repaired at the beginning of the week.Foto: Lasse Ottosson

Göran Thessén, CEO of C4 Energi, thinks the theft is unfortunate. But he says that the solar park will begin operations as planned in October.

– It's clear that we have to focus more on how we should protect ourselves in the future, he says.

The stolen solar panels are marked with serial numbers, so they are completely traceable.

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