Harald Överholm

Harald Overholm is the CEO and co-founder of Alight, a leading Nordic solar developer and Independent Power Producer. Dr Overholm was previously a cleantech venture capitalist and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge with a thesis on solar diffusion and PPA. Founded in 2013 with an entirely subsidy-free business model, Alight develops and operates solar projects, onsite and offsite, across Europe. By 2030 Alight is set to have an installed capacity of at least 5 GW backed with solar PPA contracts. Alight is developing more than 1 GW of PPA-based projects across Sweden, with a further 170 MW under development across the rest of Europe.