France’s Energy Giant Sees Opportunity in the Volatile Electricity Market NYT | Top Stories Stanley Reed 7 October 2025 at 12:00 Hoping to help grid operators adapt to changes buffeting the power markets, TotalEnergies is assembling a portfolio of battery farms and natural-gas-fired power plants. © Desiré van den Berg for The New York TimesAbove the air-cooled condensers at the TotalEnergies power plant in Toul, France.