Infrastructure

Niam Acquires Bright Sunday for Solar-as-a-Service expansion

Niam Acquires Bright Sunday for Solar-as-a-Service expansion Image

Niam has through its infrastructure fund, Niam Infra Fund, acquired the majority of Swedish-based Bright Sunday, a leading provider of solar-as-a-service for commercial and industrial customers.

In connection with the acquisition, Niam Infra will invest additional capital to expedite the expansion of Bright Sunday across multiple European markets. By investing in Bright Sunday, Niam Infrastructure can accelerate the energy transition by providing customers a sustainable and long-term solution to reduce their carbon footprint and electricity bill. 

Bright Sunday offers commercial and industrial customers solar PV electricity as a service with zero upfront investments and savings from day one.

The portfolio today consists of 65 solar projects with a total installed capacity of approximately 20MW allowing 54 customers to produce electricity for onsite self-consumption. Bright Sunday's current portfolio is located in Portugal and Spain, but the company plans to expand across Europe with the support of new capital from Niam Infra. The goal is to build the leading pan-European supplier of solar-as-a-service for commercial and industrial customers. Onsite self-consumption solar for commercial and industrial users is fundamental to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels as well as reducing CO2 emissions with an estimated required investment volume of more than €100bn until 2030.

We are very impressed by Bright Sunday’s business model and ability to build a multi-market presence in the solar-as-a-service industry.
Sverker Åkerblom, CEO of Niam Infrastructure

Sverker Åkerblom, CEO of Niam Infrastructure, says: "Through our investment in Bright Sunday we have the opportunity to accelerate the energy transition by providing a simple and fully funded solution to customers. With Bright Sunday we plan to build a €100m portfolio over the coming years across multiple markets in Europe.”

Niklas Engström, CEO of Bright Sunday, says: ”I am very proud of Bright Sunday’s journey so far and with Niam Infra as a majority owner we will get the financial muscles needed to accelerate our growth across Europe. Together with existing and new EPC partners we will be able to help even more customers to increase their competitiveness by cutting costs and CO2 emissions.”

Bright Sunday is headquartered in Stockholm with offices in Spain and Portugal and existing management will remain as shareholders in the company.

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