Total Oil bets big on renewables – With insights from The Wall Street Journal
French oil group Total is the one global oil major South Africans should keep an eye on. Apart from its headline grabbing double strikes that confirm a massive natural gas field off the Southern Cape, in September 2019 Total paid $3.9bn for Anadarko's 26.5% stake in Mozambique's liquified gas project. With that context, the The Wall Street Journal's article below on Total's aggressive move into solar energy is of more than passing interest for us. A local fleet of solar and wind energy companies were created through SA's much admired renewables programme. Total clearly likes this part of the world, and as it has committed to invest $3bn annually in acquisitions of renewable businesses, the French major could be the well-heeled consolidator SA's renewables sector has waited for. – Alec Hogg
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