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Energy and innovation

Energy is vital to our daily lives. Over the coming decades, more people will gain access to energy and enjoy higher standards of living. At the same time, climate change remains a serious concern. We use human ingenuity, innovation and technology to unlock more, cleaner energy for the years ahead.

Inside energy and innovation

The energy future

How will the world produce more, cleaner energy to power our homes and cities, and fuel our vehicles in decades to come?

Shell Scenarios

Shell Scenarios ask “what if?” questions about the future. They help us, governments and academia understand possibilities and uncertainties ahead.

Natural gas

We are helping to power lives around the world with natural gas, the cleanest-burning hydrocarbon.

Deep water

Shell has a long history of developing energy projects using its knowledge, experience and proven deep-water technologies to unlock new resources safely and efficiently. Read more about Shell’s deep-water work around the world.

Innovating together

Do you have a great idea or innovative technology? We look for creative people, companies and organisations to partner with.

Make the future

We believe the answers to tomorrow’s energy challenges lie in the power of people’s ingenuity, and that together we can #makethefuture today.

Shell Eco-marathon

Young engineers from around the world hit the track on ultra-efficient cars, helping to drive the future of mobility.

 

New Energies

Shell’s New Energies business builds on our experience in lower-carbon technology and explores new commercial models focused on the world’s energy transition.

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Energy resources are spread across the planet

The Global Energy Resource database is our tool for exploring the world’s fossil and renewable energy resources. Do you know how energy resources are distributed around the world?

Take this short quiz to find out
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Harnessing human ingenuity

The world needs urgent investment in innovation, says Robert Armstrong, Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative.

Read the interview on Inside Energy
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From hospital bed to seabed

CT scanning has already revolutionised medicine, now it is driving innovation deep beneath the waves.

Read the Inside Energy story
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Panama Canal opens shortcut for natural gas

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas to pass through the expanded Panama Canal heralds new trade routes.

Read the Inside Energy story
Watch how a local energy project helped the Batak people to light up their homes for the first time.

Switching on lights for one of the Philippines' oldest tribes

Watch how a local project combining solar energy and hydropower is bringing electric light to the Batak people.

The Batak people light their homes.

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