KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – 28 June 2023
– Clean energy solutions provider Gentari Sdn Bhd (Gentari), via
its affiliate Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd (formerly known as
PETRONAS Power Sdn Bhd), has entered into a Strategic
Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with TotalEnergies EP Asia Pacific
Pte Ltd as part of decarbonisation efforts for assets with shared
interest between their respective parent companies within Asia
Pacific region. The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of
the Energy Asia conference – an event that brings together
energy professionals, industry captains and policymakers to
advance Asia’s Net-Zero Ambitions through actionable
solutions for a just and responsible energy transition.
Gentari
was represented by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sushil Purohit,
while TotalEnergies was represented by Julien Pouget, Senior Vice
President Asia Pacific for Exploration & Production and
Renewables with Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik, Gentari Chairman
as well as PETRONAS President and Group CEO, and Patrick
Pouyanné, TotalEnergies Chairman and CEO, gracing the
ceremony as witnesses.
To demonstrate prompt tangible
progress on this SCA, Gentari via its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Gentari Renewables Australia Pty Ltd, and TotalEnergies EP
Australia will together develop the 100 MW Pleasant Hills Solar
Project near Roma in Queensland. Pleasant Hills Solar Project is a
solar development to supply electricity to Gladstone LNG’s
gas processing facility. This is the first of several Gladstone
LNG assets identified for decarbonisation as part of its Emissions
Reduction Roadmap. Currently, Gentari’s parent company
PETRONAS and TotalEnergies each indirectly hold an equal 27.5%
stake in the Gladstone LNG project.
“To achieve
our joint decarbonisation goals, it is critical to harness all our
capabilities, capacity and resources efficiently. This includes
optimising our existing partnerships and working to decarbonise
our own business entities. Gentari’s latest partnership
with TotalEnergies therefore, will provide a new momentum in our
net-zero efforts, and to build the right ecosystem for growth in
clean energy and net zero solutions,” commented Sushil
Purohit, CEO of Gentari.
“We are pleased to join
forces with our long-standing partner PETRONAS, through Gentari,
to decarbonize our joint assets in Asia Pacific leveraging on our
respective strengths: through this Strategic Collaboration
Agreement, we are paving the way for very concrete action plans
ranging from implementing best practices to eliminate methane
emissions, to energy efficiency and electrification with low
carbon power”, commented Julien Pouget, Senior Vice
President Asia Pacific for Exploration & Production and
Renewables at TotalEnergies. “The 100 MW Pleasant Hills
Solar Project, which will contribute to lowering the emissions of
Gladstone LNG, is a first material implementation of this
agreement.”