Our areas of interest

As the urgency to reduce energy emissions increases and the cost of solar generation continues to decrease, there is great interest in the electrification of the energy system. Hydrogen fuel cells, in which chemical energy is converted to electricity, have shown promise but challenges remain regarding fuel transport and storage. We seek proposals that can demonstrate and bring to “proof-of-concept” novel approaches to convert renewable solar energy into electrons and/or molecules for use in liquid fuel engines without the overall net addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

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The electricity system is undergoing a transition as technology and innovation disrupt traditional models from generation to behind the meter. This transition involves rapidly evolving technologies, declining costs, and increased complexity. Three trends are converging to bring this transition to reality: electrification, decentralization, and digitalization. We seek proposals in all three areas, including but not limited to energy storage (grid and mobile) distributed storage and generation, microgrids, automated control, and smart metering.

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Recent advances in Cloud adoption and Internet of Things (IoT) have led to an explosion of accessible data for decision making. Combined with improved computing power and ubiquity of API, integrated systems the opportunities for machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have never been better.  We seek next stage AI proposals, focused on machine learning, with specific agent capabilities.  We also welcome total new and step change approaches in ways of abstracting the right data from large data sources supporting many different data types.

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With the current focus on CO₂, it’s easy to overlook other important pollutants and greenhouse gasses. We seek competitive, environmentally responsible technologies and systems that will help minimize the overall emission footprint of oil and gas operations as well as novel inspection solutions that can autonomously image, quantify, and repair leaks and emissions.

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To meet the rising energy demand in the most socially, environmentally, and economically responsible way, we need to leverage the full power of innovation: the capacity for doing things differently and better than before. We are currently seeking novel well technologies that increase safety, reduce ultimate development costs, increase recovery, and minimize well intervention. The technology must be original and ground-breaking; have the potential for significant and tangible benefits beyond existing technologies; and have broad applicability across the industry.

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Digitalization will ultimately change the ways work is done, including in the Oil and Gas industry. This will include a combination of increased automation, process redesign, and leveraging the power of big data analytics. We seek novel approaches to providing secure closed loop systems for monitoring, control, diagnostics, and prognostics of oilfield operations. This will serve to provide monitoring and control of operational system health and integrity along with associated data analytics.

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