(AOF) – TotalEnergies has commissioned Myrtle Solar, the giant power plant that the Company will operate in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a solar production capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) associated with 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground photovoltaic panels installed on an area equivalent to 1,200 football fields, Myrtle has the capacity to produce enough green electricity to cover the equivalent of the consumption of 70,000 homes.
70% of Myrtle’s power generation capacity will supply green electricity to the Company’s industrial sites in the Gulf Coast region. This program is part of the Company’s “Go Green” project which will allow TotalEnergies, by 2025, to meet its electricity needs and reduce type 1+2 emissions from its industrial sites in Port Arthur and La Porte. in Texas, and Carville, Louisiana.
The remaining 30% of Myrtle’s capacity will provide green electricity to Kilroy Realty, a publicly traded real estate company, under a 15-year sales contract (CPPA) indexed to market prices.
In addition to photovoltaic installations, the solar power plant also has battery energy storage equipment which meets the need for grid stabilization.
With a total capacity of 225 MWh, this storage is made up of 114 high-tech containers designed and assembled by Saft, the battery subsidiary of TotalEnergies which notably develops cutting-edge batteries for industry.
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Key points
– Integrated energy group, 3rd largest oil company in the world, 2nd largest gas company and world number one in solar with Sun Power;
– Activity of $141 billion organized into 4 branches: 45% for marketing & services (distribution networks, etc.), 40% in refining & chemicals, 11% in renewables, gas and electricity then exploration- production ;
– Economic model of transformation in ten years into a multi-energy group, producer of oil & LNG (liquefied natural gas), renewable energies & electricity and hydrogen & biomass;
– Open capital (6.4% held by employees), the board of directors of 12 members being chaired by Patrick Pouyanné also general director;
– Solid balance sheet: debt ratio of 7% and return on equity of 32%.
Challenges
– 2020-2030 strategy + energy, – emissions:
– change in the distribution of sales -30% petroleum products, 50% gas, 15% electricity and 5% biomass and hydrogen,
– discipline in investments -$13 to $15 billion per year over 2022-2025, including 50% allocated to renewables and electricity and 50% to natural gas;
– Innovation strategy led by One Tech, with $850 million for 18 R&D centers:
– 3 hubs: industrial, development and support,
– 5 programs: production, CO2 and sustainability, upstream operational efficiency, downstream & polymers, fuel and lubricants,
– a digital factory to generate $1.5 billion in savings by 2025;
– Environmental strategy 2050:
– carbon neutrality for the group’s operations and products sold in Europe, reduction of 60% or more in the carbon intensity of products used outside Europe;
– 4 axes: growth in the gas value chains (natural, biogas and hydrogen), in low-carbon electricity (annual envelope of $1.5 to 2 billion), in low break-even oil, in biofuels , in activities contributing to carbon neutrality (natural wells, forests, etc.),
– solar and renewables: production capacity of 25 Gw by 2025,
– carbon fund with $400 million to invest by 2025;
– Ramp-up of renewables & electricity activities, now grouped within the Integrated Power division, with a capacity portfolio of 35 GW by 2025, including +20 GW secured by long-term purchase contracts
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– Acceleration of the energy transition with equity investments in 2 Qatari and Indian projects (solar, LNG and hydrogen) and in Clearway, 5th American renewables, 29% of industrial investments going to low-carbon energies;
– Industrial excellence in oil production with a breakeven point of -$20/bbl, with numerous projects in progress (Nigeria) and 4 discoveries (Brazil, Cyprus, Namidia and Surinam).
Challenges
– Sensitivity to oil barrel prices and the dollar, a variation of $0.1 having an impact of $100 million on operating profit, a variation of $10 per barrel having an impact of $2.7 billion;
– Confirmation of expectations for the 2nd
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quarter: average LNG sales price of $10 to $12/Mbttu and hydrocarbon production of 2.5 Mboe/d;
– After a 12% increase in net profit on 1
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quarter, 2023 outlook for hydrocarbon production up 2%, driven by the start-ups of the Omani, Brazilian and Azerbaijani fields, by progress in LNG (2 new terminals in Europe) and by an increase of 30% renewable electricity production, all supported by $16 to $18 billion in investments, including $5 billion in low-carbon energies;
– Total 2022 dividend of €2.81, forecast of 3 installments in 2023 in the amount of €0.74 after share buybacks for $2 billion on the 2nd
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