TotalEnergies Launches Largest Solar Project in Europe Near Seville
TotalEnergies (EPA:TTE) has inaugurated its largest solar power installation in Europe, a 263-megawatt (MW) solar cluster located near Seville, Spain. The project, comprising five solar fields, will generate 515 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity annually—enough to power more than 150,000 Spanish households. The project is a key step in Spain’s push toward 80% renewables by 2030.
Strategic Context and Regional Impact
The solar complex, which includes 400,000 bifacial panels equipped with sun-tracking systems, has been declared a project of “strategic interest” by the regional government of Andalucía. Its construction injected a significant economic boost into the local economy by involving 14 Spanish firms—over half of them Sevillian—and creating 800 direct and indirect jobs.
Electricity from the facility will be primarily sold through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), with the remaining supply traded on the wholesale market. This aligns with Spain’s broader energy policy goals, which prioritize both decarbonization and energy security.
Company Strategy and Future Outlook
Olivier Jouny, Senior Vice President for Renewables at TotalEnergies, emphasized the company's commitment to delivering “clean firm power” by integrating renewables with flexible gas-fired generation. TotalEnergies currently ranks as Spain’s fourth-largest provider of electricity, gas, and related services, serving over two million customers across residential and professional sectors.
This new project supports the company’s broader ambition to reach 35 GW of gross installed renewable capacity by the end of 2025 and more than 100 TWh of net electricity production by 2030. As of March 2025, TotalEnergies had already achieved 28 GW in installed renewable capacity globally.
Broader Implications
The Seville project underscores TotalEnergies’ pivot toward a more diversified and sustainable energy portfolio. By combining solar, wind, and flexible generation assets like CCGTs and storage, the company is executing a differentiated Integrated Power strategy designed to deliver reliable, low-carbon electricity across its global markets.
Spain, with its abundant solar resources and aggressive renewables targets, remains a key battleground for European energy giants competing to dominate the green transition. TotalEnergies’ investment not only strengthens its market position but also illustrates how strategic public-private partnerships can accelerate regional decarbonization.
TotalEnergies Launches Major Solar Project in Spain
France’s supermajor TotalEnergies is launching its biggest solar project cluster in Europe—five solar projects with a total installed capacity of 263 MW near Seville, Spain.
The solar field will produce 515 GWh per year of renewable electricity, equivalent to the consumption of over 150,000 Spanish households, and will avoid 245,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year, TotalEnergies said on Thursday.
Most of the electricity produced will be sold through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) and the rest will be sold on the wholesale market, said the French supermajor, which hasn’t scaled down its ambitions in renewable energy generation despite a general drive among Europe’s Big Oil firms to reduce investments in green energy solutions.
As of the end of March 2025, TotalEnergies had 28 gigawatts (GW) of installed gross renewable electricity generation capacity and aims to reach 35 GW by the end of 2025. The company also targets more than 100 TWh of net electricity production by 2030.
Apart from oil and gas production and trading, TotalEnergies is building an Integrated Power portfolio that combines renewables and flexible gas-fired power plants to deliver clean firm power to customers.
TotalEnergies is currently the 4th largest provider of electricity, gas, and related services in Spain, where it has more than 2 million residential and professional customers.
The Seville solar project contributes to Spain’s ambition of 80% of renewables in its mix by 2030, said Olivier Jouny, Senior Vice President Renewables at TotalEnergies.
While the majors aren’t abandoning all the renewable projects they embarked on in 2020 and 2021, they have started to scale back investments and are streamlining these on developments and energy solutions that they see as profitable.
France’s TotalEnergies is the outlier in the group, as it has continued to focus on growing renewable energy capacity and power generation through acquisitions and joint ventures globally.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
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