COP22 is being held in Marrakesh between the 7th and the 18th November. ENGIE is an active partner in this global event, re-affirming its commitment to fighting climate change and global warming. ENGIE will assure a presence throughout the COP22 event, thus re-affirming its commitment to energy transition.

COP22: AN IMPORTANT RENDEZVOUS FOR OUR GROUP IN TERMS OF CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS

COP22 will take places in Marrakesh, Morocco, between the 7^th and the 18^th November 2016. The COP (Conference of Parties) meets each year, involving negotiators from across the world, with the aim of determining resources, methods and the framework for the work to be undertaken by individual countries in their fight against climate change. COP22 is a continuation of COP21, and is targeted at nailing down the methods for reaching those objectives defined in the first universal climate agreements signed in Paris last year. This agreement entered force on the 4^th November, after being ratified, in record time, for implementation in 2020.

ENGIE – OFFICIAL PARTNER

Originally a partner to COP21, organised in Paris in 2015, ENGIE is once again an official partner in COP22, where the Group will be represented both during conferences and via its own stand.

ENGIE will have its own 50m² stand, open to the general public, grouping together private sector businesses around the theme of innovation. This space was designed to be an interactive, collaborative zone, accessible to the general public. Notably, it provides an entertaining pedagogic experience, through a quiz, allowing visitors to discover the Group’s commitments and projects and through three general themes which percolate through the COP22 event:

• Low carbon energy production, 
• Accessible energy for all,
• Energy efficiency.

This is supported by animations, including 3D immersive tours of ENR (Renewable Energy) Production Sites and presentations & films, broadcast on a large screen.

ENGIE’s agenda for COP22

ENGIE – COMMITTED TO THE CLIMATE

ENGIE welcomes the signing of the Paris Agreements during COP21 in December 2015. This historic agreement, adopted by consensus by all 195 parties, will help us all in the fight against Climate Change. ENGIE shares in this necessity for an equitable global agreement, designed to limit global warming to below 2°C. In terms of resources, nation states have established Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), to be revised upwards every 5 years. The first feedback report is due in 2023. Technology transfers, between North & South, will also be organised.

The Principles of the Paris Agreement

• The Ambition: to restrict global warming to below 2°C.
• The Aim: To reach peak emissions as rapidly as possible, with emission neutrality during the second half of the century, meaning a reduction in emissions of 40 GTons by 2030.
• The Resources: Nation States have drawn up Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDC, based upon Climate Policies, to be revised upwards every 5 years.
• The Financing: Nation States (notably the developed countries) should be providing 100 billion dollars per year from 2020 onwards, contributing to the costs of climate actions, transfers of technology and adaptation.
• The mechanisms of the carbon markets and carbon price signals: the agreement includes the development of, and the voluntary participation in, emission reduction exchanges, noting the importance of carbon pricing signals to businesses.
• The Introduction: the agreement entered into force on the 4^th November 2016, to be implemented in 2020. It applies to 196 countries.
• The Technologies: the agreement supports the transfer of technologies, and promotes access to energy for developing countries, notably through the development of renewable energy sources.
• The negotiations being held in Marrakesh should help advance the methods to be used in introducing those principles laid down in the Paris Agreement.

ENGIE’s position on Carbon Pricing

ENGIE is in favour of the generalisation of carbon pricing, a tool of primordial importance in steering investment choices towards low carbon technologies, thus triggering the energy transition. Defining a carbon price signal makes those technologies which do not emit CO₂ even more attractive, as there will be no inherent carbon related costs.

For businesses, the introduction of a stable and coherent carbon price signal will allow them to internalise the costs and risks of climate change, as part of their own economic decision-making process.

ENGIE is an active member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, an international group, made up of governments and businesses of all types, sharing their differing experiences in the introduction of a carbon pricing scheme. ENGIE supports the ambitious objective of covering 25% of global emissions by carbon pricing systems by 2020, as opposed to today’s figure of just 12%.

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Focus on the Terawatt Initiative

Towards the end of 2015, ENGIE announced its participation in the Terawatt Initiative (TWI), a global, non-profit organisation, working with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and its member states in the drawing up of the regulatory conditions required for the large-scale deployment of competitive solar energy. The ISA has set of target of reaching 1 TW of additional solar production capacity by 2030. With this in mind, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), together with the Terawatt Initiative, chaired by Isabelle Kocher since early in 2016, is committed to cooperating and working together to establish the concrete resources needed to rapidly implement the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with particular stress being placed on solar energy production.

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ENGIE IN AFRICA

In Africa the Group is promoting a local, partnership-based approach. Throughout the African continent, ENGIE is planning to play an essential role in improving and spreading the idea of access to sustainable energy for all. The Group already has a presence in Africa, through a number of projects: the Aurora Wind Farm project; the construction of the solar power plant in Kathu, South Africa; the Tarfaya Wind Farm in Morocco and through its decentralised electricity production systems – PowerCorner.  ENGIE is also widening its range of products and services into the field of energy efficiency and energy services. Recently, ENGIE was mandated to manage the design and construction of the infrastructure and systems for the Dakar Regional Express Train network, working in partnership with Thales. ENGIE is also a leading actor in the field of engineering, through its operational unit, Tractebel.

Brochure “Energy transition in Africa”

Close-up on Morocco

Electricity demand in Morocco has increased, on average, by 6% per year since 1998. This trend is expected to continue over the next 20 years. The country has introduced a national energy policy promoting the development of renewable energy sources. Morocco is aiming for a target of 42% of its installed electrical capacity being from renewable sources by 2020, and a figure of 52% by 2030. ENGIE is developing new electricity production plants for Morocco, based upon both renewable and thermal sources.

The Tarfaya Wind Farm is operated by a joint-venture (TAREC) ownership of which is split 50/50 by ENGIE and Nareva Holding. With a capacity of 301 MW, it is currently the largest wind farm in Africa, its 131 turbines, each have a capacity of 2.3 MW. Commissioned in January 2015, the Tarfaya site alone represents 15% of the target Morocco has set for the development of wind power. It is being operated under the framework of a 20-year BOOT purchasing contract (Build, Own, Operate & Transfer). The wind farm is located in the coastal deserts to the south of Morocco, benefiting from optimal wind conditions and a high operational rate of 45%, preventing the emission of 900,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year. This site represents 40% of Morocco’s total wind farm production capacity.

ENGIE is also building the Safi production plant, made up of two of the latest generation of thermal units (2 x 693 MW).

Evolutions in the energy sector are creating a favourable environment for the development of Morocco’s energy services. ENGIE is planning to reinforce this development, proposing a series of solutions, based upon three main axes:

• The development of B2B solutions in the industrial and tertiary sectors (for example, industrial installation energy management and services);
• Offering solutions to communities/regions (B2T), adapted to new towns and urban development (for example, urban heating and cooling networks, street lighting, green mobility solutions);
• The development of solutions designed for consumers (B2C) (for example, the use of solar energy and the development of pre-paid solutions). ENGIE has a presence in Morocco through Cofely Maroc, Cofely Tanger and Cofely Contracting.

Since 2002, ENGIE, via Cofely, has been active in the fields of multi-technical maintenance, energy efficiency and Facility Management services, designed for both large-scale multi-nationals and local businesses; Renault, Sanofi, Aircelle (Safran Group), Lafarge, Axa Assurances, RMA WATANYA (Insurance Companies), BMCE Bank, The British Embassy, BMCE data centres, etc.

Since 2011, within the framework of a Facilities Management contract, Cofely Maroc has provided maintenance and multi-technical services for the new Renault plant in Tangier

In addition, Cofely Maroc is responsible for the supervision and maintenance of equipment for the Tanger Med port authorities, who have seen traffic through the port increase by 14% in 2014.

In 2015, Cofely Maroc signed a number of Facilities Management and Multi-Technical Services contracts.

In 2016, the Moroccan Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs, working with the Energy Investment Society (SIE), have initiated an Energy Efficiency programme for the country’s mosques, known as the ‘Green Mosque Programme’, with the aim of optimising their energy performance. At the end of a tender process, designed to reduce the energy bills of mosques across the Kingdom, ENGIE was chosen for the first batch, as part of a group, alongside its partner RIO (Reduce Invent Optimise). Recently, ENGIE has also been awarded the multi-technical maintenance contract for the Aqua Mirage Hotel, and a Facilities Management contract for the whole of the Casa Marina complex (Office & Residential spaces).

With a great deal of specific expertise, ENGIE is also active in the domains of Transport and Intelligent Solutions.

The Group, via ENGIE Ineo, has built up the control and communications infrastructure and set up the operational support and passenger information system for the Casablanca tramway network. It will participate in the extension of the Casablanca tramway for the same systems, as well as for the railway signaling, which will allow security of circulation. It is also involved in the railway signaling,  telecommunications and control post for the future high-speed rail line which will link Tangier to Rabat. ENGIE Ineo is also interested in the construction of intelligent networks, and the infrastructure of electrical sub-stations for large-scale wind farm and photovoltaic projects.