UK: TotalEnergies Gets 435 MW Solar-BESS Projects From Low Carbon

TotalEnergies has acquired a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 MW and 2 battery storage projects with a capacity of 85 MW. The company acquired these projects from Low Carbon, one of the leading renewable energy companies.   As the solar projects are at an advanced stage of development, the target is that they could be operational by 2028. They will produce more than 350 GWh/year of renewable electricity, equivalent to the electricity consumption of around 100,000 UK households.

“The acquisition of these solar and battery projects located in the south of England will complement our integrated electricity portfolio in the UK, which includes 1.1 GW of gross installed offshore wind, 1.3 GW of gross combined cycle gas turbine, and more than 600 MW of solar projects under development”, said Olivier Jouny, SVP renewables at TotalEnergies.

Roy Bedlow, Chief Executive and Founder at Low Carbon added: “We are very pleased to have finalised this agreement with TotalEnergies, who are making an impressive commitment to building renewable infrastructure and sees Low Carbon deliver one of the largest ready-to-build portfolios of solar and battery projects in the UK market. Once built, these projects will make a vital contribution to the Government’s Clean Power 2030 ambition and reinforce Low Carbon’s track record for developing renewable assets of the highest quality, while supporting the build-out of the rest of our renewables pipeline as we continue to scale as an independent power producer.”

TotalEnergy Expands Presence in BESS In South-East Asia

The French-based company TotalEnergies and RGE, a group operating in the bio-based resources and energy sectors, recently secured an award from Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) for their joint venture Singa Renewables (Singa). These companies joined forces in a solar and battery project to bring the project to Indonesia.

The company secured a conditional license to import 1 GW of renewable power from Indonesia.  The partners also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore Energy Interconnections (SGEI) to jointly develop a subsea interconnector, enabling electricity imports from Indonesia to Singapore.