Scatec ASA, formerly Scatec Solar ASA is a Norwegian company which specializes in renewable energy systems. The company was founded by Dr. Alf Bjørseth in 2007. The two major shareholders of the company ar
Scatec Innovation AS
and

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. 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

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, Norway, and the company has offices in

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and

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. The company has also invested in solar energy projects in

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. From 2007 to 2020, the company specialised in developing, constructing, owning and operating large scale

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s in

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s. The company has on several occasions partnered with the

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to complete projects. In 2020, Scatec Solar acquired

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from

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, reflecting the company's broadened strategy of including

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, floating solar and energy storage systems in its portfolio.

COVID-19 superspreader event

On November 26, 2021, Scatec ASA held a

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party in

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attended by 120 people, all of whom were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and tested negative for

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prior to the party being held. One person who attended the party had recently returned from

, 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 {{Norway-company-stub