Saras S.p.A. is an Italian energy multinational corporation with operations in petroleum refining, marketing, transportation and power generation[3] headquartered in Milan and plants and registered office in Sarroch.
In the early 2000s, the company entered the power generation business, producing electricity from natural gas and, later, from wind farms.
[2] From the early 2000s, the Saras Group operates an IGCC plant (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle), which has an installed power of 575 MW (managed by the subsidiary Sarlux Srl).
[2] In addition, since 2005 Saras operates a large wind farm in Ulassai, Sardinia (managed by the subsidiary Sardeolica Srl), with an installed capacity of 96 MW.
[7] On 7 March 2014 the Court of Appeals of Cagliari condemned Dario Scaffardi, manager of Saras, and Guido Grosso, ex manager, with a suspended sentence of 20 months (versus the previous sentence of 24 months), in addition to granting an award of damages to the plaintiffs.