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11/12/2012 | Press release
Total introduces Awango by Total, Solar solutions to improve access to energy
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Paris, November 12, 2012: To enable off-grid, low-income
communities to meet some of their most basic everyday
needs, Total has introduced Awango by Total, a
line of innovative, reliable solar lighting and phone
charging solutions.
Energy is an essential driver of social and economic
development. Yet access to electricity is a daily struggle
for 1.3 billion people worldwide1 . Their traditional
lighting sources - kerosene lamps, candles and disposable
batteries - are inefficient, unsuited to new uses and
account for a significant percentage of spending by base of
the pyramid households.
Total is committed to fostering the emergence of innovative
technological and marketing solutions to develop a more
efficient, reliable and affordable lineup that is also
economically viable enough to be sustainable and widely
adopted.
For more than a year, all of the components in the
Awango by Total line have been tested by customers
in four pilot countries - Cameroon, Indonesia, Kenya and
the Republic of the Congo - with 125,000 lamps and solar
kits sold. Deployment is now being stepped up, with rollout
proceeding through 2013 in eight more countries: Burkina
Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Myanmar, Nigeria, Senegal
and Uganda.
« We're aiming to sell one million solar lamps by 2015,
which will improve the living standards of around five
million people," says Christophe de Margerie, Total's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Total has expert
teams worldwide and financial capacity that allows us to
test the most innovative solutions before deploying the
most robust ones on a larger scale. We're blazing a trail
and encouraging other stakeholders to become involved, to
ensure widespread benefits ».
Awango by Total, a reliable, affordable energy service
combining:
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Equipment selected for its robustness and ease of use:
partnerships with three suppliers - d.Light Design,
Greenlight Planet and Sundaya - enable the program to
offer a full line of lighting and phone charging
products, ranging from portable solar lamps to modular
kits.
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Affordable price points and financially responsible
solutions, such as leasing in the Republic of the Congo
and cooperatives in Indonesia.
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A one-to two-year warranty for all products, and customer service.
Total is a Platinum Sponsor of the Lighting Africa
Conference, a global conference on energy access. The
event is being held in Dakar by the World Bank and the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) from November
13 to 15) http://www.lightingafrica.org/2012conference
