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Friday, March 06 2020 - 22:27
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Total Solar Distributed Generation Signs One of Thailand's Largest Corporate Solar Power Purchase Agreements with Betagro
SINGAPORE, March 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) will provide agro-industrial company 
Betagro with solar-powered rooftops for 24 facilities across Thailand. The 25 
MWp system will generate an estimated 38 GWh of renewable electricity per year, 
providing about 15% of the company's total power consumption. Annually, it will 
reduce CO2 emissions by 26,000 tons, which is equivalent to removing 4,325 cars 
annually.

Photo - https://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20200306/2742835-1
Gavin Adda, CEO of Total Solar Distributed Generation Southeast Asia (4th from 
front left), Vasit Taepaisitphongse, CEO and President of Betagro Group (4th 
from front right) with management teams; photo taken after contract signing.
 
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"Customers come to Total Solar to reduce power costs and carbon footprint in a 
sustainable way. Betagro wanted a partner that could provide them with peace of 
mind from a technical, financial and commercial perspective. We are excited to 
become a long-term energy partner for Betagro and proud to be trusted by them 
with such a landmark project," says Gavin Adda, CEO of Total Solar Distributed 
Generation for Southeast Asia. 

The project will create one of the largest corporate solar portfolios in 
Thailand. The PV system will combine more than 62,000 solar panels, equivalent 
to covering 36 soccer pitches.

"With this project in Thailand, Total Solar Distributed Generation continues to 
grow its reach in the dynamic solar market in Southeast Asia where renewables 
will represent 30% of power generation sources by 2040[1]," says Julien Pouget, 
Senior Vice President, Renewables at Total. "We are committed to helping our 
commercial and industrial customers drive down both their energy costs and 
carbon footprint by providing reliable fully integrated solar solutions."

Mr. Vasit Taepaisitphongse, CEO and President, Betagro Group says, "Betagro 
runs business on the sustainable way which not only improve society's quality 
of life while reducing impact to environment. We also have strong interest in 
clean and environmentally friendly energy such as solar power. The 
implementation of these solar-powered solutions will be very beneficial to our 
operations, effectively managing to drive down our costs and the impact on 
environment. We are confident that the partnership with Total Solar Distributed 
Generation will help Betagro Group achieve these objectives." 

[1]Source: International Energy 
Agency-https://www.iea.org/reports/southeast-asia-energy-outlook-2019
 

About Total Solar Distributed Generation Southeast Asia 

Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) Southeast Asias (SEA) is a wholly owned 
subsidiary of Total dedicated to the development of distributed solar energy 
solutions, including solar-powered rooftops and ground-mounted solar panels. 
Active since 2018, Total Solar DG SEA has signed the largest solar rooftop 
projects in Thailand and Indonesia. We are one of the largest distributed 
energy providers in the region with a portfolio of over 500 MW of projects in 
development and operation. https://solar.total.asia

About Betagro  

Betagro is a country leader in the fully integrated agro-industrial and food 
business sector, also expand actively into pet care product and other related 
industries. The Group has developed strategic collaborations with local 
farmers. Examples include price guarantee for broilers and layer chickens, 
contract farming for fattening swine, production and distribution of hygienic 
and fresh pork, chicken and eggs as well as manufacture of processed foods for 
domestic consumption and export to international markets. The Group is widely 
recognized for its quality and safety standards. It has earned numerous 
accolades in product quality excellence and production standard certifications, 
locally and internationally, covering several areas from animal feed, livestock 
development, animal health products to premium quality food products for export 
and domestic consumption. https://www.betagro.com

Cautionary note

This press release, from which no legal consequences may be drawn, is for 
information purposes only. The entities in which TOTAL S.A. directly or 
indirectly owns investments are separate legal entities. TOTAL S.A. has no 
liability for their acts or omissions. In this document, the terms "Total", 
"Total Group" and Group are sometimes used for convenience. Likewise, the words 
"we", "us" and "our" may also be used to refer to subsidiaries in general or to 
those who work for them.

This document may contain forward-looking information and statements that are 
based on a number of economic data and assumptions made in a given economic, 
competitive and regulatory environment. They may prove to be inaccurate in the 
future and are subject to a number of risk factors. Neither TOTAL S.A. nor any 
of its subsidiaries assumes any obligation to update publicly any 
forward-looking information or statement, objectives or trends contained in 
this document whether as a result of new information, future events or 
otherwise.

SOURCE Total Solar Distributed Generation SEA
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