Global Off-Grid Lighting Association<\/a> (GOGLA) \u2013 a network of about 180 organisations involved in off-grid solar solutions. It\u2019s the only other oil major to join the solar grouping, alongside Dutch oil company Shell which has also forayed into renewables like solar and wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cTotal\njoins forces with local players to provide products coupled with financial\nsolutions tailored to the client\u2019s needs including pay-as-you-go (PAYG) and\nmicrocredit,\u201d company officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pay-as-you-go model has gained root in\nsub-Saharan Africa in recent years. Here, clients pay for use of home solar\nsystems as a service until the full cost of the equipment is recovered upon\nwhich users assume ownership. Payments are through mobile money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\nKenya, where Total operates a chain of petrol stations in major towns and holds\na minority stake in the remote northern Turkana oilfields, the oil dealer has\nbeen vending home solar kits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Total\nKenya is also installing solar panels at its petrol stations for own use to\nease the burden of power bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\nhas in recent years been mounting panels on the rooftop of its forecourt\nbuildings in Nairobi, along with convenience stores (bonjour shops). The oil\ndealer has over 200 petrol stations around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ngreen energy shift by the French oil major comes at a time when focus is\nturning to renewables and away from fossil fuels in light of air pollution and\nclimate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith\noperations in more than 130 countries, we\u2019re a global integrated energy\nproducer and provider, a leading international oil and gas company, and a major\nplayer on solar energy with Total Solar and our affiliate SunPower,\u201d the\ncompany said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\nOctober 2019, Total inked a partnership deal with UK-based Aceleron, a developer of sustainable and reusable battery\nsolutions, to recycle old battery packs in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the deal, Aceleron is to convert\nTotal\u2019s home solar lantern battery waste into affordable reusable batteries for\nlow-income households, giving the packs a longer life and enabling a circular\neconomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\npetroleum dealer is among a growing list of companies in Kenya that have set up\nsolar powered stations for own use, while relying less on the national grid\nsupply to slash power costs. This trend has the impact of stirring the revenue\nstream of electricity distributor Kenya Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several\nmanufacturers and shopping malls like Garden City Mall and Two Rivers Mall have\ncut reliance on power from the national grid, with their daytime operations\nbeing powered by solar plants perched on rooftops of their buildings and\ncarports. Kenya Power\u2019s supply has been limited to mostly nighttime operations\nand during brief periods when sunlight drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This solar-led cost-cutting drive has the impact of narrowing Kenya Power\u2019s revenue flow by billions of shillings, with the utility firm potentially falling victim to the march towards mass solar power use. The utility firm has been riding on increased power sales to boost its turnover, a model now under attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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