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Renergen, Total team up for LNG

marketing and distribution programme

SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s Renergen is working with a The first Total stations to sell LNG lie along
subsidiary of France’s Total on the marketing and the N3 road, which links Durban and Johannes-
distribution of LNG. burg, the statement said. Once the second phase
In a statement dated June 18, Renergen said it of Renergen’s LNG plant begins operating, the
had signed an agreement with Total South Africa partners will expand sales and start making LNG
on co-operation in this area. The deal will allow available on routes leading to other major cities
the former company to sell a part of its LNG pro- in South Africa, it noted.
duction at the latter’s filling stations. Total and Renergen are working to make
The statement did not reveal the value of the the case for LNG as a more environmentally
deal or say how much LNG it hoped to sell via friendly fuel for long-haul trucking, the state-
Total’s filling station chain. It did say, though, ment reported. “The LNG displaces diesel usage,
that the fuel would come from the gas liquefac- reducing operating costs and helping customers
tion plant that Renergen is building within the meet their sustainability targets due to the signif-
framework of its upstream Victoria gas project. icantly lower greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions
The company “is in the construction phase of from natural gas over diesel,” it said.
South Africa’s first commercial LNG plant and Miriam Kane-Garcia, the managing direc-
is anticipating a turn-on date of the plant around tor of Total South Africa, also touted the envi-
the third quarter [of] 2021,” it explained. ronmental benefits of the agreement. “Total
It went on to say that the partners intended is committed to better energy, and with this
to supply the LNG to trucking companies. “The partnership we are taking another step towards
customer base for the LNG will predominantly providing affordable, reliable and clean energy
be logistics companies operating trucks along in line with our Climate Ambition to achieving
the main routes across the country,” it said. Ren- carbon neutrality by 2050 together with society,”
ergen has already arranged to allocate a “signifi- she said. “We look forward to working together
cant portion” of the initial output from its plant with Renergen to continue making a difference
to a number of transport operators, it added, in South Africa.”™
without identifying any of the future buyers.
RENEWABLES
BP sets net zero target

GLOBAL RENEWABLES accounted for 40% of the global Average annual growth in carbon emissions
growth in primary energy in 2019, more than over 2018 and 2019 was greater than its 10-year
any other fuel, the BP Statistical Review of World average.
Energy 2020 found. The report warned that as the world emerges
Renewables contributed 3.2 Exajoules, their from the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, it
largest increase in energy terms on record. They needs to make decisive changes to move to a
accounted for over 40% of the global growth in more sustainable path.
primary energy last year, more than any other Meanwhile, growth in primary energy con-
fuel. Their share in power generation (10.4%) sumption slowed to 1.3% in 2019, less than half
also surpassed nuclear for the first time. the rate of growth achieved in the previous year
“Net zero can be achieved by 2050. The (2.8%).
zero-carbon energies and technologies exist Coal’s share of primary energy fell to its low-
today – the challenge is to use them at pace and est level in 16 years (27%), after consumption fell
scale, and I remain optimistic that we can make by 0.6%, led by a sharp drop in OECD demand.
this happen,” said CEO Bernard Looney. However, coal remained the single largest source
“For BP, the pandemic has only reinforced of energy for power generation, accounting for
our commitment to our ambition to become a over 36% of global power.
net zero company by 2050 or sooner and to help Renewables will need to grow even more
the world get to net zero, by highlighting both strongly over the next three decades to decar-
the fragility of our planet and the opportunities bonise the power sector, the report found.
it provides to truly build back better.” China accounted for more than three-quar-
Carbon emissions from energy use grew ters of net global energy growth, while the US
by 0.5% in 2019, only partially unwinding the and Germany posted the largest declines.™
unusually strong growth of 2.1% seen in 2018.

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