Registration document 2007 - Total.com

In Morocco, Temasol, in which TOTAL has indirect interests
through Total Maroc (32.2%) and TENESOL (35.6%), continued
work on a project awarded in May 2002 to equip 16,000
households. In 2004, Temasol was also awarded a project to
equip 37,000 households. In 2005, it was awarded part of a
project to equip an additional 5,500 households. At the end of
2006, approximately 24,000 of the total of 58,500 households
covered by these projects were equipped, compared to 20,000
at the end of 2005 and 10,000 at the end of 2004.
Wind power
TOTAL currently operates a wind farm in Mardyck (close to its
Flanders refinery in northern France) and is conducting
development studies for onshore and offshore projects in France,
the United Kingdom and Spain.
Mardyck, commissioned in November 2003, has a capacity of
12 MW and produced approximately 25.2 BWh of electricity in
2006, compared to 26.4 BWh in 2005. It is designed to allow
comparison of different technologies at the same site in order to
prepare for possible larger scale offshore or onshore projects in
the future.
In December 2005, after a call for tenders, TOTAL was selected
by the French Ministry of Industry for an onshore wind power
project with a planned capacity of 90 MW to be built in Aveyron
region. Pursuant to the terms of the bid, the project is subject to
obtaining a construction permit. The public consultation for this
project began in January 2007, and the wind farm is expected to
begin operations in 2009. Work on this project will be conducted
by the Éoliennes de Mounès company, in which TOTAL has a
50% interest.
TOTAL is also preparing for the development of a wind farm with
a 120 MW capacity offshore Dunkirk, France. This project, in
which TOTAL holds a 50% interest, should benefit from the
power purchase terms set in the tariff order released on July 10,
2006.
Marine energy
In marine energy, TOTAL acquired a 10% interest in a pilot project
located offshore Santona, on the northern coast of Spain, in June
2005. In 2006, the project decided to build and test its first buoy,
which should allow to determine the final size of the project, as
well as its planned generation capacity. This pilot project is
expected to provide information necessary to assess the technical
and economic potential of this technology.
TOTAL has a 21.5% interest in Scotrenewables Marine Power, a
company, located in the Orkney Islands in Scotland (UK). This
company is developing tidal current energy converter technology.
Coal
Business overview
Gas & Power - Upstream
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For more than 25 years, TOTAL has exported steam coal from its
mines located in South Africa, primarily to Europe, North America
and Asia. Today, TOTAL owns and operates three mines and is
examining several mining projects. The Group also trades and
markets steam coal through its trading subsidiaries Total Coal
International (Atlantic zone), Total Energy resources (Pacific zone)
and CDF Énergie (France).
TOTAL sold approximately 9.2 Mt of coal worldwide in 2006
(compared to 9.5 Mt in 2005 and 11.3 millions of tons in 2004),
of which 4.4 Mt was South African steam coal produced by the
Group. Approximately 75% of the Group's South African coal
production was sold to European utility companies and
approximately 12% was sold in Asia.
The Group’s South African coal is exported through the port of
Richard’s Bay, the world largest coal terminal, of which 5.7% is
owned by TOTAL. On the South African domestic market, sales
amounted to 0.6 Mt in 2006, primarily intended for the industrial
and metallurgic sectors.
In parallel, Total Coal South Africa (TCSA) is developing new
mines, including the construction of the Forzando South mine,
which was completed near the end of 2006 and which is
expected to reach its planned production capacity of 1.2 Mt/y by
2009.
TOTAL is also active in coal trading through its wholly-owned
subsidiary Total Energy Resources (TER) in Hong Kong and
through a representative office established in Jakarta in
September 2004. Of the 2.6 Mt of coal traded in 2006, 62% was
sold in Asia.
In France, TOTAL, through its subsidiary CDF Énergie, is an
important steam coal distributor in the industrial sector (paper,
cement, agro-food, residential heating, etc.), with sales of 2.2 Mt
in 2006, originating from diverse sources outside the Group,
compared to 2 Mt in 2005.
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