Total Covers Own Energy Needs in US with RE

French major Total has bought a development pipeline of 2.2 GW of solar projects and 600 MW of battery storage assets in Texas from SunChase Power and MAP RE/ES that will cover its industrial energy needs, it said February 5,

The deal follows its purchase of 174 Power Global to develop 1.6 GW in the US and will be paid for as development progresses. It brings its portfolio in the US to almost 4 GW installed capacity, of a global target  of 35 GW by 2025. At the end of last year it had 7 GW.

Total will sign a power purchase agreement corporate PPA sourced from the solar power and energy storage portfolio in order to cover all the power demand of its industrial sites in the US including its Port Arthur refining and petrochemicals platform and La Porte and Carville petrochemical sites.

CEO Patrick Pouyanne said Total looked forward to "taking advantage of the many growth opportunities in the US market to address the challenges of the energy transition.... In addition, supplying green electricity to all our industrial activities in the US is concrete proof of our ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.” Total say its portfolio of activities in renewables and electricity could account for up to 40% of its sales by 2050.