28 - Integrating Climate into our Strategy
A Solar Leader
As a top-tier energy player, we view our contribution to developing
new energies as both a strategic choice and an industrial
responsibility. Through our affiliate SunPower, we rank among
the top three globally in the solar industry and are expanding
across the entire value chain.
Total designs and manufactures photovoltaic
cells, builds utility-scale solar power plants
and markets integrated solar solutions
for distributed power generation.
Our affiliate SunPower is currently the global
leader in solar technology. Its Maxeon®
solar cells are the best in the market,
with a conversion efficiency of 25%.
Solar panels equipped with this technology
produce 1.7 times more energy than
conventional panels of the same size.
Lowering manufacturing costs and improving
photovoltaic cell conversion efficiency will
enhance the competitiveness of solar energy
6 GW+
deployed worldwide
DEVELOPING WORLD-CLASS
SOLAR FARMS
Connected to the grid in mid-2015,
the Solar Star Projects in California
can power 255,000 homes with
its 1.7 million panels. In doing so,
it avoids CO2 emissions equivalent
to the amount generated by a city
the size of Buenos Aires.
Continuing its strategic development,
in March 2016 SunPower announced
a partnership with ISE Group to build a
photovoltaic solar power plant in Japan
with more than 80,000 panels to supply
electricity to over 8,900 homes via
the regional power grid.
without subsidies. This is already the case
in around 20 countries, and this trend is
expected to continue driving market growth
of over 10% a year. Consequently, SunPower
plans to triple its manufacturing capacity
in the coming years to meet this demand.
Supporting this growing market is part of our
strategy to increase the share of low-carbon
businesses in our portfolio to around 20%
in 20 years.
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