Scatec ASA, formerly Scatec Solar ASA is a Norwegian company which specializes in
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
systems. The company was founded by Dr.
Alf Bjørseth
Alf Bjørseth (born 24 November 1941) is a Norwegian chemist and businessperson in the energy sector.
He hails from Gamle Oslo. After finishing his secondary education in 1960, he took the cand.real. degree at the University of Oslo in 1969. He ...
in 2007. The two major shareholders of the company ar
Scatec Innovation ASand
Equinor. In November 2020, the company changed its name to Scatec ASA to reflect its broadened strategy going from solar company to renewable company.
It is headquartered in
Oslo, Norway, and the company has offices in
Germany,
Czech Republic,
Italy,
France,
The Netherlands,
United States,
South Africa and
India. The company has also invested in solar energy projects in
Ukraine.
From 2007 to 2020, the company specialised in developing, constructing, owning and operating large scale
photovoltaic system
A photovoltaic system, also PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It consists of an arrangement of several components, including solar panels to absorb and co ...
s in
emerging markets. The company has on several occasions partnered with the
Norwegian government to complete projects. In 2020, Scatec Solar acquired
SN Power from
Norfund, reflecting the company's broadened strategy of including
hydropower,
windpower, floating solar and energy storage systems in its portfolio.
COVID-19 superspreader event
On November 26, 2021, Scatec ASA held a
Christmas party in
Oslo,
Norway attended by 120 people, all of whom were
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and tested negative for
COVID-19 prior to the party being held. One person who attended the party had recently returned from
South Africa, the epicenter of the
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant outbreak and a country where the company has a solar panel project. It was later found that the attendee from South Africa had been infected with the Omicron variant. More than half of the party's attendees have since tested positive for COVID-19 and of those attendees, at least 13 of them were confirmed to have the variant.
References
External links
Official Website*http://www.pv-tech.org/news/scatec-solar-gains-foothold-in-brazil-with-pv-project-acquisitions
Obed Dominguez* http://syslagronn.no/2016/02/01/syslagronn/scatec-solar-kjoper-brasiliansk-solenergi_75504/
* http://www.rechargenews.com/solar/1422603/norways-scatec-solar-to-add-1gw-over-next-three-years
* http://renewables.seenews.com/news/scatec-solar-boosts-profits-in-q4-sets-up-to-1-6-gw-growth-target-511206
Electric power companies of Norway
Solar energy companies
Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Companies based in Oslo
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