Shell Research Alliance
Shell Research Alliance (SRA) is one of 5 Open Innovation delivery vehicles in Shell which integrate external ideas, technologies and partnerships with internal capabilities to advance innovation. Through a global network of academic partnership managers, SRA builds purposeful, strategic and inclusive collaborations with universities, academic institutes and government agencies around the world to combine world-class expertise, pioneering research and state-of-the-art facilities that will unlock cutting-edge technologies, generate deep scientific insights, and pave the way for commercial breakthroughs.
Examples include:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Energy Initiative
Partnering to advance zero- and low-carbon solutions to expand energy access and mitigate climate change through the development of novel technologies and delivery of science-based analysis.
TU Eindhoven, Utrecht University, and University of Groningen
Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC)
Partnering to develop greener methods for the chemical industry by closing ‘the product loop’ and transforming it into a fully recyclable model, based around 3 themes - the materials transition, the feedstock transition and the energy transition. Types of feedstocks include biomass, CO2, natural gases (such as methane) and plastic waste.
Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium - ARC CBBC
Imperial College London
EPSRC Prosperity Partnership Program (Project InFUSE)
This 5-year EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership between Imperial, Diamond Light Source and Shell, known as InFUSE, examines how technologies like batteries, electric vehicles, chemical production, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) can be improved by understanding interfaces in these systems, enhancing sustainability and enabling a transition to a green economy.
InFUSE Prosperity Partnership | Research groups | Imperial College London
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
Shell IITM Centre for Energy Research (SICER))
Partnering to promote innovation, research and development, piloting, and commercialization of technologies in the energy sector, with focus on critical challenges and opportunities in the energy transition space.
Press Release: Press Information Bureau
Partnering with top Indian institutes on decarbonisation R&D | About us
Tsinghua University
Mobility & Lubricants University Technology Centre (UTC)
Collaborating to develop new technologies and conduct industry studies with focus on reducing emissions from the automotive sector, including high-efficiency lubricants, cleaner use of conventional fuels, e-mobility, and alternative fuels (such as hydrogen).
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