French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies signed corporate power purchase agreements with two companies in South Africa on Thursday to supply 260 megawatts of renewable electricity over a 20-year period.
TotalEnergies will develop a 120-megawatt solar plant and a 140-megawatt wind farm in the Northern Cape province under agreements with Sasol, an energy and chemical company, and industrial gas supplier Air Liquide.
Once operational in 2025, the plants will supply around 850 gigawatts of green electricity per year to Sasol's Secunda site, where Air Liquide operates the biggest oxygen production site in the world.
'The two projects will provide competitive and available renewable electricity to decarbonize Sasol and Air Liquide's production,' the company said.
The plants will provide competitive and available renewable electricity to decarbonize the companies' operation in South Africa, where 80% of power generation relies on coal, and power cuts occur daily.
Additionally, the projects will have a direct impact on the local community through job creation.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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