A few months after the inauguration of its first hydroelectric power station in Reunion Island, TotalEnergies commissioned the solar roof of the Brasseries de Bourbon building at the end of October, in Saint-Pierre.
TotalEnergies already operates more than 30 sites on the island (wind power, solar and hydroelectricity) with a cumulative power of more than 46 megawatts. These power plants produce 45 GWh annually, i.e. the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 30,000 inhabitants. With current projects, this figure will reach 100 GWh by 2025, i.e. the annual electricity consumption of 68,000 Reunion Islanders. With a capacity of 494 kilowatts/peak, the roof of the Brasseries de Bourbon will produce more than 800 MWh of electricity per year, thus covering the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of more than 500 inhabitants. With more than 1,000 photovoltaic panels spread over approximately 3,000 m2 of roof, the project will prevent the release of more than 482 tonnes of CO2 each year. Brasseries de Bourbon, for its part, aims to decarbonize its production activities by 2030. To achieve this ambition, the company focuses on reducing the energy consumption of its processes and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. In 2023, it has already reduced its energy consumption, thus avoiding the release of several hundred tons of CO2.
