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Decarbonizing Technology

Shell Energy is working to make your decarbonization journey easier. Make the shift to a cleaner energy future and help keep your sustainability targets on track with Shell Energy’s expertise and suite of services and solutions.

Accelerate your technology decarbonization journey.

Decarbonization requires new ways of thinking and rapid scale innovation. For the technology industry, with a record in driving change, this is an opportunity: working with the energy industry, tech can help accelerate innovation on decarbonization. Shell’s cleaner-energy solutions have helped leading technology companies like Visa, Skybox, and various other high-performance computing companies to reduce their carbon impact.

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Climate change is among the most significant challenges we face today - and it’s accelerating.

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The way in which humans have produced and consumed energy is unsustainable, and we must work urgently towards a future that’s powered by more and cleaner energy.

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Principal Technology Advisor & Senior Principal Scientist

Electric Power Technology

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People today have never been more connected. Lives and livelihoods, economies and communities depend on convenient, reliable and affordable power to prosper and grow.

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The combination of more and cleaner energy is central to what we do today, and will do tomorrow. It's not a question of one or the other. We want to provide both. Our knowhow, technology, and innovations are helping to deliver

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more, cleaner energy.

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Shell is built over 125 years of technological innovation - and today, technology helps us to play a part in addressing climate change. Technology is vital as Shell works to turn the challenges of today into opportunities of tomorrow.

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Dhruv Arora

Team Lead

Power Storage & Micro Grids

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I like to say that sun never sets in Shell’s R&D space.

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We have over 5,000 employees at technology centers around the globe. Located in Hamburg, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bangalore and Houston, teams are working hard to solve the world’s biggest energy challenges, including those in the power value chain. Each center is a powerhouse of progress, serving regions in a way that allows us to create and test focused, localized trials and solutions.

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Manager

Sustainable Products Market Development

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In addition to intense focus on research and development, collaboration is essential for large-scale transformation.

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Our innovation excellence teams play an active role in discovering important

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and potentially groundbreaking technologies, both within and outside of Shell.

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RESEARCH & ACADEMICS

US National Renewable Energy Lab

Florida State University

Stanford

University of Houston

Texas A&M Prairie View

Louisiana State University

University of Texas

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Re-envisioning power generation and distribution is changing the everyday lives

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General Manager

Solutions Development, New Energies

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of people around the world. It's fulfilling to be a part of this process, making way for unprecedented access to renewable power in homes and vehicles.

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We hope these changes will soon be as easy as the flip of a switch.

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Together with Shell, startups, scale-ups, research institutes, academia, and mature companies,

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have the opportunity to collaborate and innovate, developing energy solutions for today and tomorrow.

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At Shell Energy, we are eager to share our knowledge and expertise

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to help you navigate the complexities of the energy transition.

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We invite you to join us

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re-imagining the future of power,

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and the power of the future. By leading through innovation in the power value chain, we are committed to making that vision a reality.

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Learn how we're powering progress in the technology industry.

Decarbonizing data centers

Our world runs on data and attention is falling on the environmental impact of our digital demands and that data centers that serve them. Data center operators must look for more sustainable ways to operate if they are to remain competitive.


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Cutting costs & emissions with a modern energy strategy

For any commercial and industrial facility, energy is one of the biggest costs. It's also one of the most difficult to plan for. Because Shell Energy is one of the world's largest integrated energy suppliers, we can offer innovative solutions and strategies

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Trusted energy innovation

Shell Energy is collaborating with key players across the technology value chain. Together, we are setting our sights further to deliver a disruptive transformation that will enable the energy transition for the technology sector. 

Roadmap to decarbonization for the Technology sector

Deep industry expertise 

Shell Energy’s integrated approach to decarbonization offers proven, customized energy solutions to accelerate your path to decarbonization. With end-to-end solutions to help the world’s leading technology companies decarbonize, our team of energy experts understands the unique requirements and challenges this industry faces.   

Tailored renewable energy solutions  

Shell Energy’s tailored sustainability solutions can help your business optimize its efficiency, decarbonize its operations and achieve its climate pledges. From energy management and demand-response solutions to a retail product that blends the best of physical and virtual PPAs, we can also help businesses secure renewable energy certificates and achieve sustainability targets.     

See how Shell Energy is helping companies in the technology industry.

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100% renewable energy for Visa

We worked with Visa to develop a bespoke multi-year energy agreement to power their data center in Virginia with 100% renewable energy.

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Building Shell's net-zero HPC data center of the future

Learn how Shell IT's High Performance Computing (HPC) team secured a new, purpose-built, high efficiency decarbonized data center run by Skybox Datacenters.

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