Integrating Climate into our Strategy - 9
Through our affiliate SunPower, we are a top three
solar player. The challenge will be to maintain that
position and to successfully expand our operations —
especially in Africa, which is likely to leapfrog
to distributed generation based on renewable energies.
Already deployed in over 30 countries, our access
to solar energy program provides us with valuable
experience in understanding the challenges ahead.
Moreover, the simultaneous growth of gas and
renewables is encouraging us to take a broader
approach to the end-to-end electricity value chain.
We want to develop a renewable power trading business.
We are also positioning ourself in energy storage
with our recently announced acquisition of Saft.
Lastly, we will be reexamining the potential of other
renewable energies, in particular onshore wind power.
However, we will not include any nuclear activity
in our portfolio.
Energy efficiency is a major 2°C scenario driver.
What are your objectives in this area?
We want to do much more to help our customers.
Their attitudes and behaviors in terms of reducing
energy costs and their environmental impact
are changing fast. And this trend is going to pick up
speed with digital technologies.
We want to innovate to bring
our customers new products
and services that will help
them make informed choices
about energy and manage
their consumption. Promoting
hybrid solutions combining oil
or gas and renewables is one
avenue; another is providing
energy efficiency services
for industrial sites. Our goal
is to cover the manufacturing
and transportation sectors.
We are a leading energy company
recognized for both our closeness
to customers and as a committed
partner. We intend to build on
this valuable asset.
You have set some very ambitious
goals. Where do the changes
need to start?
It is vital for our stakeholders
and for us that we clarify
our position and share our ambition
for the next 20 years. It’s not
a shift, it’s a genuine ramp-up.
But I know we can succeed,
because this transformative
project reflects the aspirations of
everyone at Total and their desire
to find meaning in what they do.
Rising to the challenges of the
2°C scenario is so important
that we have no other choice
than to be ambitious.