Scatec ASA
TypeAllmennaksjeselskap
OSE: SCATC
IndustryRenewable electricity
Founded2007
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Websitescatec.com

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.[1] The two major shareholders of the company are Scatec Innovation AS and Equinor.[2] In November 2020, the company changed its name to Scatec ASA[3] to reflect its broadened strategy going from solar company to renewable company.[4]

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.[5]

From 2007 to 2020, the company specialised in developing, constructing, owning and operating large scale photovoltaic systems in emerging markets. The company has on several occasions partnered with the Norwegian government to complete projects.[6][7][8] 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.[9]

COVID-19 superspreader event

On 26 November 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.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Scatec Solar- about us.
  2. ↑ "The share". Scatec Solar. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. ↑ "NewsWeb". newsweb.oslobors.no. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  4. ↑ October 16; notice, 2020 Stock exchange (2020-10-16). "Scatec Solar acquires SN Power, building a global leader in renewable energy". Scatec Solar. Retrieved 2020-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Norwegian companies to invest over US$700 mln in Ukraine's renewables, UNIAN (9 November 2018)
  6. ↑ July 3; releases, 2014 Press (2014-07-03). "Norwegian Prime Minister pre-inaugurates East Africa's first solar plant". Scatec Solar. Retrieved 2020-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ SolarBuzz.com – Rampura, India: Scatec Solar Brings Solar Energy to 32 Villages. February 5, 2010.
  8. ↑ October 31; notice, 2016 Stock exchange (2016-10-31). "Scatec Solar signs PPA for Mozambique's first large scale solar plant". Scatec Solar. Retrieved 2020-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "SN POWER ACQUIRED BY SCATEC SOLAR". SNPower. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  10. ↑ Hinshaw, Drew (2021-12-03). "Omicron Cases at Norway Christmas Party Provide Clues on New Variant's Spread". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  11. ↑ Fouche, Gwladys; Adomaitis, Nerijus (2021-12-03). "Omicron outbreak at Norway Christmas party is biggest outside S. Africa -authorities". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  12. ↑ Erdbrink, Thomas; Libell, Henrik Pryser; Frost, Natasha; Yoon, John (2021-12-03). "A Christmas party in Norway becomes a possible Omicron-spreading event, and other international news". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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