New Energies: building a lower-carbon power business

Title:  ScreenCapture_2019-3-11 12.14.51

Duration: 2:37 minutes

Description: 

This video describes the ways in which Shell is investing in cleaner energy solutions through its New Energies business, building on Shell’s experience in lower-carbon technology, and exploring new commercial models focused on the world's energy transition.

ScreenCapture_2019-3-11 12.14.51 Transcript

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell, orchestral adaptation

[Text displays]

Shell New Energies

[Video footage]

Title displays over panning satellite footage of the sun rising over the earth, as seen from space, the earth’s surface filling most of the frame.

[Narrator]

As demand for energy increases, the need to find more and better ways to power our world has never been greater.

[Video footage]

Panning aerial night-time footage of illuminated city buildings, with traffic moving on the illuminated streets below. Time lapse bird’s eye view of tall illuminated city buildings, the lights of traffic streaking the streets below. Upward tilting footage of tall illuminated city buildings. Time lapse bird’s eye view of traffic coursing on all levels of an illuminated multilevel city interchange, illuminated city buildings forming the background. Slow motion low angle footage of pedestrians walking past the shot on an illuminated city street; the footage speeds up. Time lapse footage of a pedestrian scramble at an illuminated city intersection. Low angle time lapse footage of illuminated tall city buildings, seen from street level. Aerial night-time footage of vehicles with headlights on, driving on a six-lane highway.

[Narrator]

The transition to a lower carbon future brings opportunity.

[Video footage]

Slowly panning bird’s eye view of a large illuminated building with black domed rooves, set against the background of an illuminated cityscape. Slow motion close-up of pairs of legs passing the shot as pedestrians cross a street; in the background, we see the shining headlights of waiting vehicles. Extreme close up of bulb filament lighting up against a dark background. Low angle footage of a dark city skyline set against night skies; against the dark background, the buildings are sequentially illuminated. Time lapse footage of people waiting on the platform of a subway station, then of passengers boarding and disembarking the subway train after it arrives and stops in the station.

[Narrator]

Through our New Energies business, Shell is investing up to $2 billion a year in cleaner energy solutions.

[Text displays]

Investing up to $2 billion a year

[Video footage]

Low angle panning footage of a deep water wind farm; at the horizon, the sun rises as the blades of the wind turbines turn against lightening skies. Low angle close-up of a row of solar panels over which text displays; in the background, the sun rises in cloudy skies over a rural landscape.  Reverse view footage of a man carrying a boy whose arm is slung around his neck; the man lifts his arm to point out over the rural, hilly landscape beyond. Panning bird’s eye view of a green hilly field filled with wind turbines; in the background, a low-set sun casts rays of light over the scene. 

[Narrator]

To reduce CO2 and keep us on the move, we’re opening hydrogen stations across Europe, California and in Vancouver.

[Text displays]

Opening hydrogen stations

[Video footage]

Low and extreme wide angle time lapse footage of the movement of trains and passengers at Foggy-Bottom GWU Metro station. Wide angle time lapse footage of pedestrians crossing at zebra crossings on a city street lined with tall buildings; in the background, vehicles drive along the intersecting street. Close-up of a hand lifting a fuel nozzle out of a hydrogen fuel pump, cutting to a close-up of a hand placing the fuel nozzle, displaying an “H2” logo, into a vehicle’s tank to refuel; test displays over this footage. Close-up of signage on a vehicle side panel, with the wording “Powered by Hydrogen” alongside the “H2” logo.

[Narrator]

For electric vehicles, we’ve introduced fast charging at fuel stations to recharge in less than 30 minutes.

[Text displays]

Less than 30 minutes

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Low angle close-up of a hand taking an EV charging plug out from a Shell banded RechargePlus charging point. Close-up of a hand plugging the charging plug into a vehicle’s socket; white line animated graphics and text appear onscreen at frame right, alongside the charging socket, to indicate the charging battery. Tilting close-up of a display screen displaying a green “start” button, red “stop” button with a battery level indicator between the two buttons; text at the top of the display screen lists statistics related to normal charge, battery capacity, charging cycle, actual time and current estimated driving range. Close-up of a smiling young man, looking down at the tablet held in his hand and lifting his other hand to hover over the tablet screen while, in the background, a man and woman sit together at another table; text displays over the footage.

[Narrator]

Shell’s NewMotion provides the largest network of charging points in homes and businesses across Western Europe.

[Text displays]

Largest network of charging points

[Video footage]

Close-up of a thumb on a smartphone screen as the blue and white of the “NewMotion” logo fills the screen. Close-up of a hand touching a blue-and-white NewMotion charge card to a charging station, causing a blue light to flash on, on the charging station. Wide angle interior footage of a row of NewMotion charging stations at frame right, with a corresponding row of vehicles parked while charging at frame left; text displays over the footage. Reverse view interior footage of a man approaching a “NewMotion V2X Bi-Directional Charger” charging station. Close-up of the “V2X Bi-Directional Charger” branding on the charging station.

[Animated sequence]

Close-up of a street map of Western Europe, the map dotted with multiple location markers, each location marker displaying either a heart or an electric bolt icon. We pull back to a larger view of Europe, and again, an increasing number of location markers are displayed across Europe, including the UK and Ireland, each location marker displaying a number.

[Narrator]

Shell Ventures is helping start-ups that offer cleaner energy solutions grow.

[Text displays]

Helping start-ups grow

[Video footage]

Reverse-side view tracking footage of Aurora Innovation’s autonomous vehicle, seen at frame-right, with cameras fitted to its roof racks, cruising over the West End Bridge in Pittsburgh, approaching the steel bowstring arch in midground; in the background, we see part of Pittsburgh’s city skyline below pale blue skies and steam rises from the car’s exhaust in lower frame-right. High angle close-up of the autonomous vehicle’s rear window as it passes under the steel bowstring arch; text displays over the footage of the reflective rear window.

[Narrator]

Like Aurora, an autonomous driving company transforming the way people and goods move.

[Video footage]

Wide reverse-side view tracking footage of Aurora Innovation’s autonomous vehicle, seen at frame-right, with cameras fitted to its roof racks, passing under the steel bowstring arch of the West End Bridge with Pittsburgh’s city skyline in the background. High angle close-up of the autonomous vehicle’s rear window as it cruises along city streets, tall buildings either side of the road reflecting on the surface of the vehicles rear window.

[Narrator]

We’re investing in biofuels too, researching fuel made from biomass waste.

[Text displays]

Fuel from biomass waste

[Video footage]

Time lapse footage of the sun rising through clouds and orange skies over a rural landscape. Close-up of transparent liquid gushing out of a pipe extending down from top of frame. Panning footage of a row of transparent, blue-topped bottles in a holder; each bottle contains waste items, labelled variously as yard trimmings, solid waste, paper pellets, and food waste, amongst others. Slightly panning footage of a mound of biomass waste beneath cloudy blue skies; text displays over the footage. 

[Narrator]

And through our joint venture, Raízen, we’re producing a biofuel that can reduce emissions by up to 70%.

[Text displays]

Reduce emissions by up to 70%

[Video footage]

Tracking low angle, close-up footage of crops, a sunny sky seen through green shoots. Tracking low angle footage of a forage harvester moving through a field, chopping and harvesting as it goes. Low angle close-up of a woman in a laboratory, wearing a white laboratory coat, safety glasses and gloves, her eyes on a handheld meter as she lowers it into a flask of liquid held in her other hand; text displays over this footage. Tracking slow motion low angle footage of a happy, smiling family walking through a wooded area, the man carrying the boy on his shoulders, the woman and little girl following close behind, holding hands.

[Narrator]

To meet the growing demand for renewable energy, we’re investing in wind projects in the US, the Netherlands, and exploring opportunities worldwide.

[Text displays]

Wind projects

[Video footage]

Tracking slow motion footage of a person’s hands holding and using a tablet screen whilst walking past a set of vertical blinds through which illuminated streets and city buildings are seen. Close-up of a hand adjusting a digital thermostat dial which is set against a wall. Aerial footage of a single wind turbine out in the ocean; text displays over this footage. Low angle footage of a row of wind turbines, blades turning against a clear blue sky. Panning footage of a deep water wind farm, the sun at the horizon in the background. Low angle footage of the blades of a several wind turbines turning against a blue sky dotted with pink clouds.

[Narrator]

Our projects in the North Sea will have capacity to provide enough energy for almost a million homes.

[Text displays]

1 million homes

[Video footage]

Tilting close-up footage of the turning blades of a wind turbine bearing the Shell and Nuon logos, seen against cloudy blue skies; in the distance, many more wind turbines dot the ocean. Panning bird’s eye view of a deep water wind farm, seen beneath pale blue skies; text displays over this footage.

[Narrator]

We’ve invested in one of the largest independent solar energy producers in the US and expanded into Asia.

[Text displays]

Solar projects in the U.S. and Asia

[Video footage]

Tracking close-up footage of a solar panel in amongst a field of solar panels, as it tilts, cutting to low angle footage of the undersides of the solar panels as they tilt beneath a clear blue sky. Tilting aerial footage of rows of panels in a massive solar array, cutting to wide angle view of a field of solar panels set in a grassy, rural landscape beneath cloudy blue skies; text displays over this footage.

[Narrator]

In the US and UK, we’ve acquired energy suppliers which allows us to deliver directly to our customers.

[Text displays]

Directly to our customers

[Video footage and animated footage]

Low-angle close-up of a bulb lighting up a convex shade with yellow hues. Close-up of a hand holding a smartphone displaying a SmartHome app; the device’s user uses the app to control the lighting of the lounge, dining room and stairwell. High angle footage of a group of people eating a meal around a table laden with food, the convex hanging light above them casting light over the table.  Tracking low angle footage of power lines and tall pylons seen beneath blue skies and orange-hued clouds; text displays over this footage.

[Narrator]

To offer residential customers more choice in cleaner energy solutions, we’ve acquired Sonnen, which allows solar energy to be stored in your home and shared with other users.

[Text displays]

More choice in cleaner energy

[Video footage]

Panoramic time lapse footage of clouds racing and skies lightening over a row of wind turbines set in a country village. Aerial footage of a vehicle driving on a street between houses clustered together in a residential country village. Close-up, in profile, of a man and young girl looking down at the display screen of a Sonnen home battery, the girl turning to smile at the man, and we cut to a wide shot of the family seated on a couch in front of the Sonnen home battery, all four family members using various electronic devices; text displays over this footage.

[Animated sequence]

Front view footage of the Sonnen home battery set against a dark background. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Glowing beams extend from the top and sides of the home battery. Next, we pull back on an aerial view of a cluster of residential homes as glowing beams connect numerous parts of each home with other homes in a network of lines. We further pull back to reveal an ever greater network of interconnected lines.

[Video footage]

Close-up of a hand flipping an on/off switch on a panel of switches and buttons.

[Narrator]

We’re also finding commercial ways to provide reliable electricity to homes and businesses across Africa and Asia.

[Text displays]

Reliable electricity

[Video footage]

Silhouette of a man throwing a cast net out over water beneath a dimly sunlit sky. Tracking reverse view footage of a man walking towards a wooden building set amongst trees and shrubs. Low angle close up of a solar panel between the trees, cutting to wide footage of the wooden building set between the trees, the solar panel tilting in the foreground; text displays over this footage. Wide footage of a small rural shop at night; a light is on inside the shop, but the outer area is in darkness until an outside light comes on, followed by further interior lighting. Close-up of money exchanging hands inside the shop; an old Asian man is seated in the background, and video footage displays on a small screen against the wall.  Close-up of a hand tapping the top of a yellow generator. High angle footage of a group of African children gathered around an exercise book, working by the light of a rechargeable lamp. Wide footage of the old Asian man drinking tea with others at a table in the shop, a tall thermos resting between them on the table; another man brings a plate of refreshments to the table.

[Narrator]

Our New Energies business is driving transition to a lower carbon future.

[Video footage]

Close-up of solar panels. As the shot pulls back, we see an array of solar panels with the city forming the background; the time lapse footage reveals a darkening sky and increasingly illuminated cityscape below.

[Text displays]

Lower carbon future

[Animated sequence]

Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. White lines extend from every point of a house icon, spreading out horizontally, vertically and diagonally towards the edges of the frame against a blue background. Light pulses along the lines. Text displays at frame right.

[Narrator]

Powering progress together by providing more and cleaner energy solutions.

[Text displays]

Powering progress together

[Video footage]

Slow motion footage of people jumping up and down with arms raised at a concert; the musicians perform on stage beneath pulsating lights. Footage of early morning tai chi on The Bund in Shanghai, with Pudong skyline in the background; text displays over this footage.

[Narrator]

Let’s make the future.

[Text displays]

#MakeTheFuture

[Video footage]

Close-up of the radiant, smiling face of a girl looking upwards in wonder, her face seen in profile. Close-up of solar panels with an illuminated city skyline in the background; text displays over this footage.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic plays on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred on a white background with text displaying below.

[Text displays]

www.shell.com/newenergies

© Shell International Limited 2019

Title:  How can homes share solar power? | Electricity

Duration: 3:26 minutes

Description: 

In this video, we see how Sonnen, now part of Shell, is making it possible for homes to share solar power through linking their solar-charged batteries to the grid.

How can homes share solar power? | Electricity Transcript

[Background music plays]

Upbeat rock instrumental music with rhythmic strings.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the picturesque village of Wildpoldsried surrounded by green landscape.

[Text displays]

Wildpoldsried Germany

[Voiceover]

How can homes share solar power?

[Video footage]

Tracking low angle footage of power lines and tall pylons seen beneath blue skies and orange-hued clouds. Title text displays over this footage.

[Text displays]

How can homes share solar power?

Interview with Christoph Ostermann

[Title]

Sonnen CEO

[Still shot]

Interior close-up still shot of Christoph smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Christoph Ostermann Sonnen CEO

[Christoph Ostermann]

We founded Sonnen with the idea that every home supplies itself with self-generated solar power 24/7, regardless if the sun is shining or not.

[Video footage]

Alternating front-view and profile-view talking-head footage of Christoph speaking to the off-camera interviewer, with green landscape seen through the windows behind him.

[Voiceover]

Now part of Shell, Sonnen is making this possible with a home battery which stores electricity made from sunlight, providing renewable energy around the clock.

[Video footage]

Low-angle footage of the sun shining in a blue sky, with rays of sunshine radiating down as the sun breaks through the passing clouds. Close-up of a white screen displaying battery level text and graphics, with the screen surrounded by a dark background. Aerial footage of a residential house with solar panels on its roof. Profile-view footage of a man seen against the background of a darkened home, at eye-level with the previously described display screen which is mounted on a wall; the display screen lights up his face as he taps the screen with his index finger. Extreme close up of a bulb filament lighting up against a dark background. Dissolve to white.

[Background music plays]

Rhythmic instrumental music with keys and percussion.

[Video footage]

Again, panning bird’s eye view of the village of Wildpoldsried with surrounding green landscape. Wide-angle footage of one of the houses in the village where we see a BMW parked in front of the garage door and a charger connected to the vehicle.

Interview with Thomas Pfluger

[Title]

Sonnen customer

[Still shot]

Exterior close-up still shot of Thomas smiling into the camera, seen against the background of his house. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Thomas Pfluger Sonnen customer

[Thomas Pfluger]

About 20 years ago, I built my house here. And I didn’t think about where the energy is coming from.

[Video footage]

Profile-view talking-head footage of Thomas speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen outside his home. Aerial footage of his house with the solar panels on its roof.

[Thomas Pfluger]

In 2014, I bought an electrical car, and then it was really logic to go further with having solar power on my roof and the battery in my basement.

[Video footage]

Medium profile-view footage of Thomas speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen outside his home. Close-up of display screen with the words “mit kabel verbinden” displaying below graphics of a car and charging point with a double-headed arrow between them. We return to medium profile-view footage of Thomas speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen outside his home, cutting to a profile-view close-up of Thomas as he points up to his roof. More aerial footage of the roof of Thomas’s house with its solar panels. Low-angle close-up of the “Sonnen” wording and logo on the front surface of the battery cabinet, seen in a dark interior.

[Christoph Ostermann]

The great thing about the Sonnen battery is that it’s fully automatic. There is no complicated buttons, no displays, nothing at all. It simply stores excess solar power when available and releases it when you need it.

[Video footage]

Medium footage of Christoph walking through a white corridor, gesturing to Sonnen battery cabinets set against the wall as he talks into the camera, with a brief cutaway to panning close-up footage of the “Sonnen” wording and logo on the front surface of a battery cabinet.

Interview with Jannik Schall

[Title]

Sonnen Product Manager

[Still shot]

Interior close-up still shot of Jannik smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Jannik Schall Sonnen Product Manager

[Jannik Schall]

The latest generation of Sonnen battery contains the experience of nine product generations. It is designed to provide you with 10,000 cycles which means the battery can be charged and discharged 10,000 times.

[Video footage]

Miscellaneous footage of several technicians working on Sonnen batteries in a workshop. Medium high-angle footage of Jannik standing in the workshop while talking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Voiceover]

Typically, homes draw their power from the electrical grid and national electricity transmission system. But Sonnen has reimagined this system, linking their solar-charged batteries to the grid.

[Video footage]

We pull back on aerial footage of an electricity pylon set amidst green landscape. Panning footage of a green field with power lines and pylons stretching across the cloudy blue sky in the background.

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell orchestral adaptation.

[Thomas Pfluger]

So we have a normal connection to the grid. But the big advantage is during the day, we can cover all needs of energy with the sun directly and the battery is charging too. And in the night, all energy we use is used from the battery, so we don’t use the grid in normal conditions.

[Video footage]

More aerial footage of solar panels on the roof of a house in the village. Talking-head footage of Thomas speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seated at a table in his home.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Aerial footage of the solar panels on the roof of the house. The time lapse technique shows darkness quickly fall and graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Yellow shading appears over the solar panels on the roof and yellow lines briefly outline the exterior of the house. Green lines extend from the solar panels, across the roof and down to the Sonnen battery in the home. Blue shading rises over the Sonnen battery in the home, and blue lines extend outwards, showing the flow of energy to the car and to other appliances within the home. As time passes, the yellow shading recedes from the solar panels and the blue shading and lines continue to indicate the Sonnen battery powering the car and home at night.

[Voiceover]

Linking to the grid allows battery owners to be part of the Sonnen community.

[Video footage]

Wide-angle footage of two houses set alongside one another. Wide-angle footage of a farmhouse set amidst a green landscape.

[Jannik Schall]

The Sonnen community is basically people who are sharing power with each other. The way this works is we aggregate thousands of Sonnen batteries to form a large virtual battery.

[Video footage]

Close-up of a “sonnenCommunity” webpage displayed on a computer screen. Medium high-angle footage of Jannik speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the workshop. We cut to a close-up of Jannik as he speaks.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Aerial footage of the village of Wildpoldsried and its surrounding green landscape. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen, showing a small white circle over one of the houses in the village, then three lines radiating from the circle, extending outwards and beyond the outskirts of the village. Next, blue lines outline several houses in the village and green lines extend from each house towards the central white circle, followed shortly by parallel blue lines extending from the central circle to each house as well as across the three lines extending over and beyond the outskirts of the village.

[Jannik Schall]

And that battery cannot only put power into the grid; it can also pull power from the grid.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Satellite imagery of part of Western Europe by night. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Germany is outlined in yellow and shaded in green, and the country is covered by a network of interconnected pulsing blue lines, indicating the flow of energy.

[Voiceover]

By sharing its electricity with the grid, the Sonnen community has constant access to renewable energy.

[Video footage]

Bird’s eye view of the city of Berlin. Aerial footage of solar panels on the roof of a building in the city. Low-angle footage of the sun shining in a blue sky, with rays of sunshine radiating down as the sun breaks through the passing clouds.

[Voiceover]

And it’s a network that’s growing worldwide, with communities in the USA and Australia.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Aerial footage of the solar panels on the roof of a house in Wildpoldsried, seen at night. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen, showing a network of blue lines pulsing between the houses in the village as the shot pulls back to show an ever-wider view of the village, then pulls back more rapidly, transitioning to panning night-time satellite imagery of the earth, where we see the yellow glow of city lights with some white spots of light appearing sporadically.

[Christoph Ostermann]

This is the energy future and we are extremely proud to be part of the energy transition.

[Video footage]

Medium footage of Christoph speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the workshop.

[Thomas Pfluger]

Sonnen community is a great thing. Normally, you have to pay every year, every month, your bill from the energy provider. Now, I think it’s amazing – the sun doesn’t send us any bills – and that’s really nice.

[Video footage]

Panning aerial footage of a residential house with solar panels on its roof. Talking-head footage of Thomas speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen standing against a Sonnen battery cabinet. Panning bird’s eye view of the village of Wildpoldsried with surrounding green landscape.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred over the picturesque footage of Wildpoldsried, with text displaying below.

[Text displays]

Shell.com/electricity

© Shell International Limited 2019

Title:  How are solar farms energizing communities? | Electricity

Duration: 3:11 minutes

Description: 

In this video, we see how Silicon Ranch, a Shell New Energies partner, is making it possible for clean energy to be brought to a community and is boosting the economic development of that community through the supply of solar energy.

How are solar farms energizing communities? | Electricity

 Transcript

[Background music plays]

Country-style instrumental music.

[Video footage]

Low-angle footage of the Millington water tower, with American flags painted on the sides, rising into a blue sky. Wide-angle footage of the exterior wall signage and entrance of Millington city hall.

[Text displays]

Millington Tennessee, USSA

[Voiceover]

How are solar farms energising communities?

[Video footage]

Transition to low-angle footage of the sun glaring down from a cloudless blue sky. Panning high-angle footage of the rows of photovoltaic panels of a solar farm.

[Text displays]

How are solar farms energizing communities?

Interview with Terry Jones

[Title]

Mayor of Millington

[Video footage]

Interior close-up of Terry smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Terry Jones Mayor of Millington

[Terry Jones]

The solar farm brings renewable energy to our community and it’s actually driving new businesses to our community.

[Video footage]

Interior talking head footage of Terry speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Close-up of a “Millington, Tennessee” green plaque with white text concerning the history of Millington, situated next to busy town road.

[Voiceover]

Shell’s investment in Silicon Ranch is helping generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 7,500 homes at its 400 acre solar farm in Millington.

[Video footage]

Wide-angle footage of a vehicle travelling down a quiet town road lined with green trees, and we see an American flag flying from a pole at the side of the road. Panning bird’s eye view of rows of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm. Successively wider footage of several rows of PV panels. Panning exterior footage of neighbouring homes with vehicles parked outside each home. Low-angle footage of rows of photovoltaic panels below a blue sky.

[Terry Jones]

It’s very exciting. All new industry now, it seems like one of the big questions is do you have green energy? And we can say yeah, and we actually have the largest solar farm in the state of Tennessee.

[Video footage]

Wide-angle footage of rows of photovoltaic panels, with the sun glaring down from a cloudless blue sky. Talking head footage of Terry speaking to the off-camera interviewer, with a brief cutaway to low-angle footage of rows of photovoltaic panels and the sun glaring down from a cloudless blue sky. Panning aerial footage of the solar farm.

[Background music plays]

Rhythmic instrumental music with synthesised effects.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the city of Nashville, Tennessee.

[Text displays]

Nashville Tennessee, USA

Interview with Matt Beasley

[Title]

Silicon Ranch CCO

[Video footage]

Interior close-up of Matt smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Matt Beasley Silicon Ranch CCO

[Matt Beasley]

The energy transition that’s happening in America and across the globe today is happening at a rapid scale. We own and operate more than 125 solar facilities in 14 states from New York to California.

[Video footage]

Rapid pull back on aerial footage of a few rows of photovoltaic panels. Transition to a tracking bird’s eye view of three people walking between two rows of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm. Interior talking head footage of Matt speaking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Voiceover]

Silicon Ranch, A Shell New Energies partner, is one of the largest independent suppliers of solar energy in the USA.

[Video footage]

Panning close-up of “Silicon Ranch” signage on an interior office wall. Transition to wide-angle footage of a reception area with sofas and tables with glass partitioning in midground and an office in the background, with two staff members sitting at desks, Matt standing behind them, their attention on the screens against the wall in front of them. Panning medium footage, as seen through the glass partitioning, of the men in the office all looking at map imagery and data displayed on the wall-mounted screens.

[Matt Beasley]

We’re providing low-cost renewable power, we’re enhancing energy security and we’re transforming the energy infrastructure and boosting economic development for the local community and the local region.

[Video footage]

Interior talking head footage of Matt speaking to the off-camera interviewer, with staff members working at desks the background. We see a series of shots of the staff members at their desks, each facing dual screens displaying data and graphics while also working on their laptops directly in front of them on the desks. More talking head footage of Matt speaking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Voiceover]

These new generation solar panels are even able to work when sunlight is scarce.

[Video footage]

We see a series of shots of workers working on the rows of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm. High-angle close-up of the surface of a photovoltaic panel reflecting the sun and blue sky as well as the shadow of the adjacent row of panels. Low-angle footage of a row of photovoltaic panels beneath a dark, cloudy sky.

[Terry Jones]

You know, I’ve been out to the plant when it was on a cloudy day and it was still generating over 50% of the rated power. So that tells you that it’s working very well.

[Video footage]

Interior talking head footage of Terry speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Panning aerial footage of rows of several rows of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm.

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell orchestral adaptation.

[Video footage]

Transition to side-angle view of rows of photovoltaic panels below a sunny blue sky.

[Voiceover]

The thousands of panels at the Millington plant can detect the exact position of the sun and align themselves for maximum efficiency.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye views of the solar farm with the thousands of photovoltaic panels set out in grid formation. Panning close-up of the reverse side of one of the photovoltaic panels as the sun hits it. We see a series of shots of the rows of photovoltaic panels slowly tilting in unison to better align with the sun.

Interview with Tasha McCarter

[Title]

Silicon Ranch Director of Plant Engineering

[Video footage]

Close-up of Tasha smiling into the camera, seen against the background of the solar farm. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Tasha McCarter Silicon Ranch Director of Plant Engineering

[Tasha McCarter]

My role is to manage the design and development of our solar plants. Sunlight is something that we often take for granted. It actually is comprised of little packets of energy and those packets of energy are called photons.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Tasha speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the solar farm.

[Voiceover]

When these photons strike the solar panels, they energise electrons within, causing them to move. The moving electrons form an electrical current. This electricity is harvested and supplied to the regional grid, providing power for the local community.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Side-view footage of rows of photovoltaic panels, with the sun glaring down from a cloudless blue sky. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Yellow arrows shoot down through the sky in the direction of the rows of photovoltaic panels. As we pan across to a row of panels, as the yellow arrows reach the nearest panel, we see yellow shading slowly cover the surface of panel and extend along the row. Close-up of the yellow arrows hitting the yellow-shaded surface of a panel, zooming to an extreme close-up of the surface of the panel, where yellow lines create a further grid within the gridded solar panel. Within the squares of the smaller illustrative grid, we see small yellow dots appear, denoting electrons. Next, while the rest of the frame is dimmed, this grid with electrons is illuminated and separated from the layer beneath, which appears as a green grid. We see a large yellow arrow enter at upper frame-right, and pass through the raised yellow grid, after which the yellow dots denoting the electrons fall towards the green grid below, their colour changing to green as they do so. Large blue arrows then successively travel from the grid towards frame-right, denoting the harvesting of the electricity created. We cut to a panning bird’s eye of the vast grid of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm. Animated green lines with white pulses extend from each combiner box at the ends of the rows of panels, and these lines join to move towards the inverter. A blue line with white pulses extends from the inverter and travels between the rows of solar panels, then turns to move along the outskirts of the solar farm.

[Tasha McCarter]

I’m very proud of the work that I’m doing to be part of changing the way the world is powered.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Tasha speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the solar farm. Panning close-up of a photovoltaic panel.

[Matt Beasley]

The first project that our company brought online could power roughly 30 homes. The project that we are bringing online in a couple of weeks will be enough to power more than 20,000 homes. And all of that has happened in the space of eight or nine years.

[Video footage]

Close-up footage of a row of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm. Interior talking head footage of Matt speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Panning close-up of map imagery and data displayed on wall-mounted screens. Panning wide-angle footage, as seen through the glass partitioning, of Matt and staff members in the office all looking at map imagery and data displayed on the wall-mounted screens. More talking head footage of Matt speaking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Terry Jones]

I think everyone wins – the local community due to the rates, the state for new industry, and of course it generates renewable energy and clean energy that’s the way of the future.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the vast grid of photovoltaic panels at the solar farm. Interior talking head footage of Terry speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Panning aerial view of the town centre of Millington. Low-angle side-view footage of adjacent rows of photovoltaic panels below a blue sky, then high-angle side-view footage of adjacent rows of panels. Interior talking head footage of Terry speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Panning high angle footage of the rows of photovoltaic panels of the solar farm.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred over the panning footage of the solar farm, with text displaying below.

[Text displays]

Shell.com/electricity

© Shell International Limited 2019

Title:  How does wind power work? | Electricity

Duration: 2:57 minutes

Description: 

In this video, we see how Limejump, now part of Shell, is supplying clean energy to the UK’s national grid through gathering, storing and trading electricity from a network of renewable energy suppliers.

How does wind power work? | Electricity Transcript

[Background music plays]

Instrumental music with soft but dramatic rhythmic effects.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the city of London.

[Text displays]

London United Kingdom

[Voiceover]

How can trading renewable power benefit us all?

[Video footage]

Panning footage of an open plan office with staff members working at rows of back-to-back desks. Panning close-up of graphs and data displayed on a computer screen, followed by more panning footage of the screens displaying data, set on the rows of desks in the office just described.

[Text displays]

How can trading renewable power benefit us all?

Interview with Erik Nygard

[Title]

Limejump CEO

[Video footage]

Interior close-up of Erik smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Erik Nygard Limejump CEO

[Erik Nygard]

Our vision is to trade 100% renewable electricity by handpicking renewable generators – so wind farms, solar farms, hydro plants – alongside batteries, and providing this electricity in real time, second by second, 24/7.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of an office environment. Aerial footage of a wind turbine, blades turning high above the background of green vegetation. Panning aerial footage of the rows of photovoltaic panels of a solar farm. High-angle footage of the screw turbines of a hydro power plant. More talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the office environment. Close-up of a digital display with time, date and temperature displayed.

[Genna B]

Hello, Limejump Trading. You’re speaking with Genna.

[Video footage]

Medium profile-view footage of Genna, a Limejump staff member, sitting at her desk, answering the phone.

[Voiceover]

Now part of Shell, Limejump gathers, stores and trades electricity from a network of renewable energy suppliers.

[Video footage]

Medium footage of two staff members at a workstation in the Limejump office, their attention on a computer screen, seen from behind. Close-up footage of a staff member sitting at a workstation in the Limejump office, talking on a cell phone.

[Video footage]

Aerial footage of the Thrybergh hydro power station.

[Text displays]

Rotherham Yorkshire, UK

Interview with Ian Cottam

[Title]

Thrybergh Hydro Plant Engineer

[Ian Cottam]

This is the Thrybergh hydro power station.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the rotating blades of a screw turbine. Bird’s eye view, then aerial view of the Thrybergh hydro power station.

[Text displays]

Ian Cottam Thrybergh Hydro Plant Engineer

[Video footage]

Close-up of Ian smiling into the camera, seen against the background of the hydro power station. Title text displays over this.

[Ian Cottam]

These will generate 125 kilowatts each, which is enough to run 400 houses possibly.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Ian speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the Thrybergh hydro power station, with a brief cutaway to various close-ups of the rotating screw turbines churning the water.

[Ian Cottam]

We’re just a little part of it. And it’s great to see that Limejump is actually utilising all this power output.

[Video footage]

Aerial footage of the Thrybergh hydro power station. Again, various close-up shots of the rotating blades of the screw turbines churning the water, with a brief cutaway to talking head footage of Ian speaking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Erik Nygard]

Today, we manage about a gigawatt of power. That is enough to supply electricity to about 2.5 million homes.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Aerial footage of the Thrybergh hydro power station.

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell orchestral adaptation.

[Voiceover]

The UK’s electricity is transmitted through a network of pylons and cables to homes and businesses across the country. To keep our lights on, the national grid must continuously balance power supply and demand.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

We see a close-up of a black countertop in the office. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. On the black countertop, white line drawings depict first a pair of chimneys with clouds of smoke rising from them, then an electricity pylon. A pair of parallel blue lines with white pulses extend from the chimneys to the top of the pylon. Next, we see a side view of the countertop and a row of three pylon graphics with the parallel blue lines connecting one to the other, denoting the flow of power along overhead lines. A white-line house graphic appears at frame-right, and the blue line extends from the final pylon towards and into the home. We then see a high-angle view of the countertop, with the string of white-line graphics – the chimneys, three pylons and the house – all connected by the blue line. More buildings appear next – an industrial complex, shops, office buildings, more houses – all connected by a network of blue lines.

[Voiceover]

And that’s where Limejump comes in, an energy technology firm.

[Video footage]

High-angle footage of staff member working at his desk in the Limejump office. Panning close-up of graphics and data displayed on the computer screens set on the rows of desks in the previously described office.

Interview with Genna B

[Title]

Limejump Trader

[Video footage]

Interior close-up of Genna smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Genna B Limejump Trader

[Genna B]

Historically, power supply was by your big power stations, like big coal and big gas stations. But that’s not the way it needs to be anymore. Our trading team are buying and selling electricity to get the most value for both our customers and to offer the greatest value to the national grid. That ringing noise right there, it’s the national grid calling us now to dispatch this power. But that rings up to hundreds of times a day.

[Video footage]

We see talking-head footage of Genna speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the Limejump office and switching between various angles. Interspersed with this, we see a series of footage showing the activity taking place in the office, including footage of Genna and other members of the team working at their desks, data and graphics displayed on screens, and Genna speaking on the telephone at her desk.

[Erik Nygard]

Using advanced data science, we predict both supply and demand in order to optimise the value that we can deliver to our renewable generators.

[Video footage]

Close-up shots of data and graphics displayed on wall-mounted screens in the Limejump office. Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the Limejump office. Low-angle close-up of data and graphics displayed on one of the large wall-mounted screens in the office.

[Voiceover]

With a network of batteries storing renewable electricity across the United Kingdom, Limejump sells its energy to the national grid during peak demand.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Aerial footage of the Thrybergh hydro power station. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Yellow lines outline the infrastructure of the Thrybergh plant. Blue lines outline the battery unit. A green line with white pulses extends from the powerhouse to the battery unit, and then a blue line with white pulses extends from the battery unit and moves away from the power plant, across the green landscape at frame-left. We transition to satellite imagery of the United Kingdom by night. The UK is outlined in yellow and shaded in green, and the country is covered by a network of interconnected pulsing blue lines, indicating the flow of energy.

[Genna B]

Batteries can respond within a second. So if everyone gets home and turns their television on at the same times, these units can respond instantly. And that keeps the grid really stable.

[Video footage]

We see profile-view and reverse view footage of Genna working at her desk in the Limejump office, switching to talking-head footage of Genna speaking to the off-camera interviewer at the office. We then see a series of footage showing the activity taking place in the office, including footage of members of the team working at their desks, and screens displaying data and graphics, with a brief cutaway to talking head footage of Genna speaking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Erik Nygard]

We are at an exciting moment in the history of the world where we are moving from old power plants to a world of renewable energy. And this has never been more important than it is today.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the Limejump office. Wide-angle time-lapse footage of a power plant seen below a cloudy and smoke-filled blue sky. Aerial footage of a solar farm. Aerial footage of the screw turbines of a hydro power plant churning water. Bird’s eye view of a wind farm set amidst rolling green hills, the wind turbines’ blades turning against a blue and pink-hued sky.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred over bird’s eye view of the windfarm set against rolling green hills, with text displaying below.

[Text displays]

Shell.com/electricity

© Shell International Limited 2019

Title:  How can catching a cab drive us to a cleaner energy future?

Duration: 3:07 minutes

Description:

In this video, we see how Greenlots, now part of Shell, is making it possible for businesses across the USA, such as Yellow Cab of Columbus, to make the switch to electric vehicles through a combination of hardware and software.

Shell Electric Greenlots Transcript

[Background music plays]

Upbeat instrumental music with rhythmic strings.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the city of Los Angeles.

[Text displays]

Los Angeles California, USA

[Voiceover]

How can catching a cab drive us to a cleaner energy future?

[Video footage]

Aerial footage of traffic on a bridge over water, including two lanes of stationery yellow cabs on the right-hand side of the bridge.

[Text displays]

How can catching a cab drive us to a cleaner energy future?

Interview with Idine Ghoreishian

[Title]

Greenlots Senior Manager

[Video footage]

Interior close-up of Idine smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Idine Ghoreishian Greenlots Senior Manager

[Idine Ghoreishian]

At Greenlots, we are committed to advancing the more reliable, smarter and cleaner way for transportation. So we look at each customer’s needs in order to be able to help solve the promise of electrification.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the Greenlots webpage displaying on a computer screen. Profile-view close-up of Idine talking to the off-camera interviewer. Medium footage of a man and woman, seen from behind, engaged in discussion in front of a large wall-mounted display screen, both pointing to various text and graphics displayed on the screen. Medium footage of Idine walking along a corridor, approaching the shot; to his right, large windows showing the view outside the building. Wide, low-angle footage, seen from outside the building, of Idine walking along the corridor, moving towards frame-right.

[Voiceover]

By acquiring Greenlots, Shell is helping businesses across the USA make the switch to electric vehicles.

[Video footage]

Low-angle footage of the façade of one of the ROW DTLA/Southern Pacific buildings in Los Angeles, and we see traffic passing in the foreground. We cut to a closer view of a ‘bike share’ electric bicycle parked outside the building, and see a young man walking past the building.

[Background music plays]

Instrumental music with gentle keys.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the city of Columbus, Ohio.

[Text displays]

Columbus Ohio, USA

Interview with Morgan Kauffman

[Title]

Yellow Cab Columbus CEO

[Video footage]

Close-up of Morgan smiling into the camera, standing outside a red-brick building with “Yellow Cab Columbus Ohio” signage over the entrance. Title text displays over this footage.

[Text displays]

Morgan Kauffman Yellow Cab Columbus CEO

[Morgan Kauffman]

My grandfather started this company in 1928. And he was able to save up enough money to buy a taxicab and then, eventually, own most of the taxicabs in Columbus. Times change and we are going fully electric right now. A cleaner planet is better for everyone and we all have to play our own part.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Morgan, standing in the parking area of his business. Miscellaneous footage of the Yellow Cabs parked in the parking area. Tilting close-up of a section of a photovoltaic panel, with cabs parked in the parking area in the background. Close-up of an EV charging port as the charging plug is inserted. We return to talking-head footage of Morgan, standing in the parking area of his business.

[Morgan Kauffman]

We had to deal with the problem of range anxiety. With charging, you have to know where and when you’re going to charge your car.

[Video footage]

Close-up footage of the “Yellow Cab Columbus 1928” wording painted on the side-view mirror of a white EV cab, before it pulls off, passing the shot. Wide-angle footage of the white EV moving down a city street, approaching the shot, then turning left. Profile-view close-up of the driver of the EV. Footage of the white EV moving down a street, seen from behind.

Interview with Abou Diao

[Title]

Yellow Cab Columbus Driver

[Video footage]

Close-up of Abou smiling into the camera, leaning against his cab parked in the Yellow Cab of Columbus parking area. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Abou Diao Yellow Cab Columbus Driver

[Abou Diao]

If I’m having a long trip, going out of town, and if I don’t have enough battery, I’m always kind of thinking maybe I’m going to be stuck somewhere.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Abou speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seated in his cab with the driver’s door open. Miscellaneous footage of Abou driving his cab through traffic.

[Voiceover]

Yellow Cab drivers typically travel over 200 miles a day, which means regular fuel stops.

[Video footage]

Again, miscellaneous footage of Abou driving his cab on urban streets.

[Idine Ghoreishian]

They’ve been used to being able to have five minute stops at a fuel station before they’re back on the road, so we put in high powered chargers at the depot to help their need for quick charging. Now we have to make sure that they never have range anxiety when they’re out in the streets.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Idine speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Next, we see Abou pull up and park his cab next to a Yellow Cab of Columbus charging station. A series of shots show Abou walk to the charging station and pick up the charging plug and connect it to his cab’s charging port, then stand next to his car while it charges.

[Voiceover]

By mapping out Yellow Cab’s busiest routes, Greenlots created a network of charging points to ensure that vehicles never run out of power.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Wide-angle footage of a white-painted wall in an office environment. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen, displaying a map of Ohio against the white wall. The shot zooms in on Obetz, Ohio on the map graphic, and see two location markers indicating EV charging stations. A circle surrounds the two location markers and lines extend from the circle in various directions to indicate potential routes on the map, and we see more location markers pop up at various points along the route, indicating the location of charging stations. We pull back to a wider view of the map graphic, showing the network across Ohio.

[Background music plays]

Upbeat instrumental music with rhythmic keys intro.

[Video footage]

We see a series of shots of the façade of the ROW DTLA/Southern Pacific building in which Greenlots is located.

[Voiceover]

The Greenlots team have also developed a software platform called SKY.

[Video footage]

Close-up profile-view footage of Idine sitting at his computer. Close-up of Greenlots webpages successively displayed on his computer screen. High-angle close-up of Idine looking at his computer screen. Mid-view footage of another member of the Greenlots team seated at her desk, looking at the computer screen facing her. Profile-view footage of two men seated either side of a table working on their laptops in front of them; in the background, a wall-mounted screen displays a Greenlots webpage.

[Idine Ghoreishian]

The SKY network is helping the Yellow Cab drivers make sure that their vehicles are always charged, ready to go and that they can actually keep their costs in check.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Idine speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the Greenlots office space. More footage of Abou driving his EV cab along a city street. Wide-angle footage of members of the Greenlots team working at various workstations in their office.

[Morgan Kauffman]

Their platform allows us to see how much we’re saving from a gasoline versus electric standpoint.

[Video footage]

Close-up of a page from the platform displayed on a computer screen. Talking-head footage of Morgan, standing in the parking area of his business. More close-up footage of pages from the platform displayed on a computer screen.

[Voiceover]

And for the drivers, there’s a user-friendly phone app.

[Video footage]

Medium footage of Abou standing at the rear of his charging cab, looking down at his cell phone. Close-up of Abou’s hands holding his cell phone as he taps the screen.

[Abou Diao]

The apps tell you how many fast chargers are in the city, their location and you can see them on a map, and you go there and charge.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the display screen of the cell phone held in Abou’s hands; he uses his thumbs to zoom in on and scroll over the map displayed on the screen. Medium footage of Abou standing at the rear of his charging cab, looking down at his cell phone. Again, we see a close-up of the map on the phone’s screen as Abou taps through options. Low-angle close-up of Abou looking down at his phone.

[Voiceover]

By combining clever software and hardware, Greenlots is driving forward the switch to EV fleets in US cities and reducing emissions.

[Video footage]

Close-up of a black car flashing past the shot. Wide-angle footage of the white cab crossing over a bridge. Medium footage of a passenger waiting at the side of a city street, looking down at his cell phone. Close-up of the young man looking up and peering down the road. A series of shots show Abou’s cab pulling up next to his waiting passenger and the passenger opening the cab’s rear door and getting in.

[Idine Ghoreishian]

Starting with the Columbus project helps Greenlots fulfil its goal for cleaner mobility as we continue our electrification projects throughout the rest of America.

[Video footage]

Profile-view close-up of Idine talking to the off-camera interviewer. A series of footage shows Abou driving his cab along urban streets.

[Morgan Kauffman]

I think my grandfather would really smile to himself and nod and just be proud of the work that we’re doing.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Morgan, standing in the parking area of his business. Footage of the red-brick building with “Yellow Cab Columbus Ohio” signage over the entrance.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred over the footage of the Yellow Cab Columbus entrance, with text displaying below.

[Text displays]

Shell.com/electricity

© Shell International Limited 2019

Title:  How can big energy users cut carbon emissions? | Electricity

Duration: 3:14 minutes

Description: 

In this video, we see how MP2 Energy, a part of Shell Energy North America, is helping businesses, like Rice University, to update their electricity supply while curbing CO2 emissions.

How can big energy users cut carbon emissions? | Electricity Transcript

[Background music plays]

Upbeat rock instrumental music with rhythmic strings.

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the city of Houston.

[Text displays]

Houston Texas, USA

[Voiceover]

How can big energy users cut carbon emissions?

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of tall skyscrapers in the city of Houston.

[Text displays]

How can big energy users cut carbon emissions?

Interview with David Black

[Title]

MP2 Energy CEO

[Text displays]

David Black MP2 Energy CEO

[David Black]

Electricity markets are changing globally. We’re going through a major transition.

[Video footage]

Close-ups of David smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Voiceover]

Helping businesses update their electricity supply is MP2 Energy, a part of Shell Energy North America.

[Video footage]

Slow-motion front view footage of David walking across a carpeted office hallway with other staff members walking to and fro in the background. A series of point-of-view shots, as seen from the level above, of an open plan office with staff members working at rows of desks with multiple monitor set-ups on each desk. Slow-motion footage of David walking through the open-plan office, speaking to his staff.

[David Black]

We’re continually exploring ways to help our customers get the electricity they need and also curb their carbon emissions. And whether that’s through renewable energies, whether it can be with rooftop solar, whether it can be with batteries, we’re just managing the generations they already have onsite.

[Video footage]

Transition to a close-up of a staff member, seen from behind, sitting at her desk and speaking on the phone. High-angle close-up of a woman’s hands on a computer keyboard. More slow-motion footage of the open plan office, seen from the level above. Talking head footage of David speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the open plan office. A series of shots show staff members working in the open-plan office at various desks. More talking head footage of David speaking to the off-camera interviewer, with a brief cutaway to a tilting close-up of a rooftop solar panel with a cityscape forming the background.

[Background music plays]

Orchestral music with keys intro.

[Voiceover]

One business MP2 Energy advises is Rice University.

[Text displays]

Rice University Houston, USA

[Video footage]

Bird’s eye view of Rice University with the Houston cityscape forming the background. Wide-angle footage of students walking through campus grounds at Rice University.

Interview with Richard Johnson

[Title]

Rice University

[Text displays]

Richard Johnson Rice University

[Richard Johnson]

The world is undergoing a profound transition in how we use energy.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Richard smiling into the camera. Title text displays over this.

[Richard Johnson]

And at Rice University, we’re focused on successfully navigating that transition to a carbon neutral future. First, we’re focused on reducing our electricity consumption as much as we can. Second, we are moving to greener sources of energy as quickly as possible, to reach our carbon neutrality goal.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the campus at Rice University. Low-angle footage of the ivy-covered wall at the University’s entrance, displaying the “Rice University” name and logo. Slow motion footage of Richard walking along a corridor on campus, passing the magnificent columns and arches at his left as he approaches the shot. Wide low-angle footage of the building’s entrance archway, some of the windows above the archway illumined by light. Bird’s eye view of the Rice Field track and soccer field, with a team, or teams, standing around on the field. More talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Slightly panning aerial footage of the Rice University building and grounds.

[Richard Johnson]

Got something I want to show you. It’s part of our renewable energy future.

[Video footage]

High-angle footage of Richard climbing a stairway as he talks to the off-camera interviewer. As he passes the camera, we switch to low-angle tracking footage of Richard climbing the stairs, briefly looking over his shoulder as he talks to the off-camera interviewer, then turning the handle of the door at the top of the stairs. High-angle close-up of Richard’s hand on the door handle as he opens the door and we see him step through the entrance.

[Richard Johnson]

This is Rice University’s first rooftop solar array. It’s a 50 kilowatt system and there are times of the day when this produces more electricity than this building needs.

[Video footage]

Bird’s eye view of the Rice University rooftops with the Houston cityscape forming the background. A closer aerial view of the buildings show the solar array atop one of the campus buildings. Talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the rooftop, gesturing down to the solar array. Close-up of the photovoltaic panels. Low-angle footage of the university’s arched corridor, with the hanging lights glowing with yellow light. Low-angle close-up of one of the hanging yellow lights.

[Richard Johnson]

We now have two on campus. We’re planning many more in the near future as well. It’s part of our strategy to reduce our carbon footprint on campus.

[Video footage]

Bird’s eye view of the Rice University rooftops, including the rooftop solar array. Talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the rooftop, seen against a background of rows of photovoltaic panels. Close-up talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Bird’s eye view of the Rice University campus grounds and buildings.

[Background music plays]

Rhythmic instrumental music with drum intro.

[Video footage]

Time-lapse low-angle footage of scudding clouds above the Shell Technology Center in Houston.

[Text displays]

Shell Technology Center Houston, USA

[Voiceover]

As part of Shell Energy North America, MP2 Energy has access to world-class facilities, including Shell’s technology centre.

[Video footage]

Shallow-focus close-up of a gauge, seen against the blurred interior background of the technology centre. Slow-motion close-up of Sonya Vial nodding as she looks down at a computer screen. Slow-motion profile-view footage of Sonya and a colleague looking down at the screen, her colleague pointing to data on the screen. Slow-motion front-view close-up of Sonya and her colleague looking down at the screen, Sonya nodding as her colleague speaks. High-angle close-up of data and graphics displayed on the computer screen, and Sonya’s colleague’s hand pointing to the screen.

Interview with Sonya Vial

[Title]

Shell Technology Centre

[Video footage]

Close-up of Sonya smiling into the camera while adjusting her glasses. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Sonya Vial Shell Technology Centre

[Sonya Vial]

We’re looking at near-term technologies and at technology of the future. We test components like solar panels, batteries, EV chargers because we know that our customers have these components as well.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Sonya speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the technology centre. We see a series of footage of Sonya’s colleague working at his desk on a touchscreen computer monitor which is displaying data and graphics. Panning low-angle close-up of a photovoltaic panel seen against the background of the sun setting in the sky. Extreme profile-view close-up of Sonya. Panning close-up cables connected to a series of batteries. High-angle close-up of a car’s charging port flap popping open, then the charging plug being connected to the charging port. Talking head footage of Sonya speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the technology centre.

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell orchestral adaptation.

[Voiceover]

To create a bespoke power package for businesses like Rice, every component is combined and then tested for reliability before installation.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

High-angle close-up of a white laboratory counter, with miscellaneous laboratory paraphernalia set on the countertop in the background. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen against the white laboratory countertop as a background. We see a yellow animated sun over a solar panel graphic, then a battery graphic and an EV charging station graphic, and green arrows with white pulses circle between the three different power source graphics, and yellow check marks successively appear above each graphic.

[Sonya Vial]

They want power when they need power, and they need that kind of reliability in their electricity systems.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Sonya speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the technology centre. Close-up of graphics on a computer screen. Extreme close-up in profile view of Sonya looking towards a series of batteries with cables connected.

[David Black]

Working with Rice University has been great. No one really knows what the future holds, and so that makes it really fun for us to figure out what are their needs and how can we help them transition to a more sustainable future.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of David speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the open plan MP2 Energy office. A series of shots of the open plan office with staff members working at rows of desks with multiple monitor set-ups on each desk. Slow-motion footage of David walking through the open-plan office, and then standing beside a staff member at her desk as she points to data displayed on her computer monitor. Close-up talking head footage of David speaking to the off-camera interviewer.

[Richard Johnson]

The students are deeply invested in this because it’s their future too. Working with MP2 Energy has given us more control over how we meet our electricity needs, and also how we meet our carbon neutrality goal.

[Video footage]

A series of wide-angle shots show students milling about on the Rice University campus grounds and walking through the corridors. Talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer. High-angle footage of the campus swimming pool, with swimmers moving through the lanes, switching to aerial footage of the illuminated pool by night. Wide-angle footage of students sitting in groups on the campus grounds with strings of lights strung across the trees overhead. Interior footage of different coloured lights pulsing through an artistic sun-shaped piece set on a wall on campus. Low-angle exterior footage of the Rice University building, illuminated with light below a night sky. Talking head footage of Richard speaking to the off-camera interviewer from the rooftop, seen against a background of rows of photovoltaic panels. Aerial shots of Rice University seen at dusk below a pink-hued sky.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred over aerial footage of the Rice University buildings seen at dusk below a pink-hued sky, with text displaying below.

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Title:  How can trading renewable power benefit us all? | Electricity

Duration: 3:04 minutes

Description: 

In this video, we see how NoordzeeWind, a joint venture between Shell and Vattenfall, is making it possible for TenneT, a major European grid operator, to supply clean energy to the grid through the supply of wind power.

How can trading renewable power benefit us all?  Transcript

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell adaptation.

[Video footage]

Bird’s-eye-view footage of a shimmering sea surface.

[Text displays]

NoordzeeWind Park The North Sea

[Voiceover]

How does wind power work?

[Video footage]

Wide-angle footage of a deep sea wind farm, the turbine blades turning against a blue and pink-hued sky.

[Text displays]

How does wind power work?

[Voiceover]

Located off the Dutch coast, NoordzeeWind, a 50/50 joint venture between Shell and Vattenfall, operates 36 wind turbines.

[Video footage]

A series of footage shows Anil Kisoensingh and Roos Knulst walking along a wooden jetty and stepping up onto one of several boats moored at the jetty. Bird’s eye view of a boat, the Wavecat Express, leaving the Marina Seaport at Ijmuiden. A series of footage shows Anil and Roos travelling over the ocean on the Wavecat Express and arriving at the NoordzeeWind wind farm; we see also a series of shots of the wind turbines against the background of the ocean.

Interview with Anil Kisoensingh

[Title]

NoordzeeWind Operations Manager

[Video footage]

Close-up of Anil smiling into the camera, seen against the background of the wind farm. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Anil Kisoensingh NoordzeeWind Operations Manager

[Anil Kisoensingh]

These turbines are huge. They’re 70m tall and they’re supported by a 45m, 230 tonne monopile.

[Video footage]

Aerial footage of a wind turbine, the blades turning against the background of the ocean. Talking head footage of Anil speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the ocean.

[Anil Kisoensingh]

Our maintenance crews come out every year to service and inspect the turbines, to keep them running smoothly.

[Video footage]

Close-up shots of the turning blades of a wind turbine. More talking head footage of Anil speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the ocean. Low angle footage of a crew member climbing a ladder to a work platform at the base of the tower of one of the turbines.

[Anil Kisoensingh]

The service of a turbine is not unlike the service of a car. We change the oil, we change the filters and we check all the electrical components. After the service, we expect the turbine to run about 9,000 hours a year.

[Video footage]

Wide-angle footage of the wind farm, showing the work platform and tower of a turbine in the foreground. Panning aerial footage of the turbine with the Wavecat Express anchored in the background. Close-up footage of the turning blade of a turbine seen against the shimmering surface of the ocean. Aerial footage of a wind turbine, the blades turning against the background of the ocean.

[Background music plays]

Rhythmic instrumental music.

[Video footage]

Transition to aerial footage of the swirling water of the ocean.

Interview with Roos Knulst

[Title]

NoordzeeWind Commercial Manager

[Video footage]

Close-up of Roos smiling into the camera, seen against the background of the wind farm. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Roos Knulst NoordzeeWind Commercial Manager

[Roos Knulst]

Driven by the wind, the 45m blade rotates up to 12 times a minute.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Roos speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the ocean.

[Voiceover]

The blades turn a low-speed shaft inside the turbine that’s connected to a gearbox. Its gearing then rotates a high-speed shaft up to 1,500 revolutions a minute. A generator converts this increase in kinetic energy into electricity.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Transition to bird’s eye view footage of the turning blades of a turbine, set against the background of the deep water wind farm. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen, as we zoom in on the turning blades, and white lines outline the blades and working components. Yellow shading denotes first the low-speed shaft behind the blade, next the gearbox, and then the high-speed shaft, with circling yellow arrows denoting direction of movement. Finally, green shading denotes the generator, and a green line with white pulses denotes the movement of energy from the generator down the tower.

[Voiceover]

Each turbine generates three megawatts, enough to power the equivalent of 3,000 homes.

[Video footage]

A series of close-ups from various angles of the rotating blades of turbines. Time-lapse footage of a city at dusk, where we see the lights of traffic streaking along the city streets and sections of several buildings illuminated with coloured light.

[Roos Knulst]

Producing renewable energy out here is one thing. Getting it to shore is another. That’s why we’ve got three cables like this that transfer the electricity from here 15km to the shore.

[Video footage]

Transition to panning aerial footage of a wind turbine, the blades turning against the background of the ocean. Talking head footage of Roos speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the ocean, with a brief cutaway to a close-up of the thick cable held in her hands.

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell adaptation.

[Voiceover]

Carried along the subsea cables, the electricity generated by the wind park travels to a high-voltage onshore substation owned by TenneT, a major European grid operator.

[Video footage and animated sequence]

Bird’s eye view of a line of wind turbines, set against the background of the deep water wind farm. Graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Green lines with white pulses move down each wind turbine’s tower successively, and extend out across the ocean, denoting the movement of energy. Next, we see aerial footage of the ocean’s surface and then shore, with three parallel green lines with white pulses moving across the ocean then shore. Then, we see bird’s eye footage of the onshore substation and the three parallel green lines with white pulses enter at frame-left and travel into the substation where the transformers are briefly outlined in yellow, before blue lines outline all elements of the substation. Finally, we cut to a panning bird’s eye view of the onshore substation.

Interview with Jasper Vis

[Title]

Offshore Development - Tennet

[Video footage]

Close-up of Jasper smiling into the camera, seen against the background of the substation. Title text displays over this.

[Text displays]

Jasper Vis Offshore Development - Tennet

[Jasper Vis]

Across Europe, more and more people are switching to renewable electricity, and our role at TenneT is to transport that electricity and to ensure that everyone has a safe and reliable supply.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Jasper speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the substation. High-angle footage of substation infrastructure reflected in the water below; also reflected in the water, we see an airplane flying in the cloudy sky.

[Jasper Vis]

Historically, electricity production has relied on large power plants, but that’s changing. And by 2030, countries in Europe will have to get 30% of their energy from renewable sources.

[Video footage]

We see a series of footage of a Wintrack pylon and other substation infrastructure. Time-lapse footage of a power plant, smoke rising into a bright blue sky. Panning aerial footage of the onshore substation. Time-lapse low-angle footage of bi-pole Wintrack pylons seen against a cloudy grey sky.

[Voiceover]

Using electricity generated from NoordzeeWind’s offshore turbines, TenneT is making this energy transition possible.

[Video footage]

We see a series of footage of Wintrack pylons and their overhead lines stretching across the countryside. High-angle close-up of the rotating blades of a deep water turbine. Bird’s eye view of a boat crossing the shimmering surface of the ocean while the blades of the wind farm’s turbines rotate against the blue and pink-hued sky in the background.

[Jasper Vis]

The electricity comes into the station here. We transform it and then use those overhead lines to transport it to households and businesses across Europe.

[Video footage]

Wide-angle footage of Jasper at the offshore substation, speaking to the off-camera interviewer while he points to the infrastructure. Aerial footage of the offshore substation. Close-up profile-view footage of Jared speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Tilting footage of a pair of Wintrack pylons with overhead lines. Bird’s eye view of the offshore substation with overhead lines stretching from the substation across the highway in midground, to another pair of pylons in the foreground.

[Video footage]

Aerial tracking footage of overhead lines stretched over a green landscape. Panning footage of a picturesque urban residential area. We transition to night-time satellite imagery of the earth, where we see the yellow glow of city lights.

[Jasper Vis]

Electricity from wind power will bring us to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

[Video footage]

Talking head footage of Jasper speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the substation. Aerial footage of a wind turbine, the blades turning against the background of the ocean.

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred over the aerial footage of the deep water wind turbine, with text displaying below.

[Text displays]

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