TEESS, a 50-50 joint venture company, established by Total, and Envision Group, a global leading smart energy technology company, has launched its commercial activity to develop on site distributed generation solar projects for B2B customers in China.

“Total is delighted to partner with Envision to enter Chinese booming distributed solar energy market. As a historic player of the solar sector, we are keen on growing our footprint in low carbon electricity in China and enable local industries to reduce their carbon footprint,” said Julien Pouget, senior vice-president, Renewables, Total.

TEESS will offer its clients a unique combination of distributed solar energy systems and digital solar energy solutions running on Envision’s AIoT Operating System EnOS™. This offer will allow clients to decarbonize their energy while reducing energy costs, optimizing and digitalizing energy management, and enhancing the safety and reliability of energy utilization.

“Companies of the industrial and commercial sector account for approximately two-thirds of Chinese power consumption. More and more Industrial & Commercial clients are committed to 100% renewable power. Our joint venture is there to help these clients to fulfill this target,” said Alex Sun, CEO of TEESS. “Our shareholders, Total and Envision, have unparalleled expertise in renewable energy generation and digital energy solutions worldwide. We aim to combine our respective strengths in digitalized and distributed solar energy sector, to become the No.1 choice of Industrial & Commercial companies in China to support and enable their renewable power transition.”

Total is a major energy player, which produces and markets fuels, natural gas, and low-carbon electricity. Active in more than 130 countries, the company’s ambition is to become the responsible energy major.

Envision is a global leading smart energy technology company with extensive expertise in energy digital platforms, wind and solar energy development, energy storage and vehicle to grid. Envision owns the world’s largest IoT platform, EnOS™, which currently manages more than 100 gigawatts of energy assets all over the world. Headquartered in Shanghai, Envision has established eight global technology innovation centers in Singapore, Denmark, Germany, the United States, and Japan.