Total In South Africa

15/04/2021

Le Cap, en Afrique du Sud, depuis Signal Hill

In South Africa, we are mainly involved in marketing products and services, as well as in refining, exploration and renewable energies.

We also lead environmental and community outreach initiatives in the country to promote women’s entrepreneurship, culture and community support.

Key figures

1954

the year we first began operating in South Africa

550

the approximate number of our service stations in the country

70,000

the number of households powered by the Prieska solar farm

Our businesses in South Africa

In South Africa, we operate several exploration licenses:

Offshore Block 11B/12B (50%), located 175 kilometers off the coast of South Africa in water depths ranging from 200 to 2,000 meters.
The South Outeniqua block (100%), located in water depths of 250 to more than 4,000 meters.
Block DOWB (70%), located at the maritime boundary with Namibia.
Licenses 5/6/7 (40%), located in the Orange Basin.

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In South Africa, we have been supplying the equivalent of 70,000 households with electricity since 2016 thanks to the Prieska solar power plant (27%), which was designed and built by our affiliate SunPower (46.74%) in the Northern Cape. Prieska has an installed capacity of 75 megawatts-peak.

Through SunPower, we also market solar panels and trackers in the commercial and residential segments.

We have a 35% interest in Kukhanya Energy Services (KES), which markets, installs and maintains home photovoltaic kits as part of a rural electrification program. So far, more than 35,000 rural, off-grid households have been supplied with kits.

Our wholly owned affiliate Saft has a multi-year partnership agreement with South African power utility Eskom. Saft also supplies switchgear applications to local authorities and mining customers.

Local websites

http://global.sunpower.com

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In South Africa, we have a 36.36% interest in the Natref refinery in Sasolburg.

We market petrochemicals in the country, some of which are sourced from our South Korean joint venture.

We also operate in the specialty chemicals market through our wholly owned affiliate Hutchinson, which markets its products in the country. Hutchinson is the leader in elastomers processing specialized in sealing, fluids management, anti-vibration systems, and materials and structures (acoustic and thermal insulation).

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