据钻机地带网3月22日报道，挪威能源巨头Equinor增加了在可再生能源公司Scatec的股份。Equinor表示，该公司已以2890万美元(3.05亿挪威克朗)的价格从Scatec Innovation手中额外收购了500万股公司股票，增持了3.1%。

该公司在其声明中表示，每股收购价格约为5.71美元(61挪威克朗)，而2023年3月15日的收盘价为6.09美元(64.18挪威克朗)。声明称，交易完成后，Equinor总共拥有2577.62万股Scatec股份，将其总持股比例提高到16.2%。

“作为公司最大的股东，我们利用这个机会收购了新兴经济体领先的可再生能源公司Scatec 3.1%的股份。此次收购很好地符合我们在可再生能源领域增长的严格方法。自从Equinor于2018年收购了Scatec的第一批股份以来，我们一直在继续与Scatec的管理层进行建设性的合作?！盓quinor可再生能源执行副总裁Eitrheim表示。

Equinor与Scatec合作，于2017年通过巴西Apodi资产进入其第一个太阳能开发项目，该资产于2018年开始生产。Equinor在其声明中提醒说，2018年6月，Equinor与阿根廷的Guanizul 2A进行了第二个联合项目。

此外，两家公司还与Hydro Rein合作开发巴西Mendubim太阳能开发项目(531兆瓦)。Equinor在该项目中拥有33.3%的股份，该项目计划于2024年投产。

对于Equinor来说，该公司表示，在发展成为市场驱动的电力生产商时，太阳能是工具箱的重要组成部分，该公司表示，自2019年以来一直在追求这一战略。该公司还于2021年收购了波兰太阳能开发商Wento，并于2022年收购了丹麦太阳能开发商BeGreen。

寿琳玲 编译自 钻机地带

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Equinor Increases Stake in Scatec

Norwegian energy major Equinor has boosted its stake in renewable energy company Scatec. Equinor said it has increased its stake by a further 3.1 percent as it acquired additional 5,000,000 shares in the company from Scatec Innovation for a total of $28.9 million (NOK 305 million).

The purchase price per share is approximately $5.71 (NOK 61), while the closing price on March 15, 2023 was $6.09 (NOK 64.18), the company said in its statement. Following the transaction Equinor owns a total of 25,776,200 shares of Scatec, raising its total shareholding to 16.2 percent of the shares and votes, the statement reads.

“As the largest shareholder in the company, we have acted on this opportunity to acquire an additional 3.1 percent stake in Scatec, a leading renewable energy company in emerging economies. The acquisition aligns well with our disciplined approach to growth within renewables. Since Equinor acquired its first shares in Scatec in 2018, we have continued to work constructively with Scatec’s management,” said P?l Eitrheim, executive vice president for Renewables in Equinor.

Partnering with Scatec, Equinor entered its first solar development project in 2017 via the Apodi asset in Brazil, which started production in 2018. This was followed by a second joint project in June 2018 with the Guanizul 2A in Argentina, Equinor reminded in its statement.

Furthermore, the two companies are also partners together with Hydro Rein in the Mendubim solar development project (531 MW) in Brazil. Equinor has 33.3 percent stake in the project that is planned to come in production in 2024.

For Equinor, it said that solar is an important part of the toolbox when developing as a market driven power producer, a strategy that the company says it has been pursuing since 2019. The company has also acquired the Polish solar developer Wento in 2021, followed by Danish solar developer BeGreen in 2022.