Power technology
Over a hundred of our scientists are developing power technologies and solutions for generation, storage and much more. Why? Because we are building an interconnected power business and support our customer’s efforts to reduce emissions with electrification solutions.
We are building an interconnected power business to increase the availability of renewable power in the markets where we operate. But our ambition in power goes beyond supplying electrons. Our aim is to support our customer’s decarbonisation efforts with electrification solutions. This means helping our customer use renewable electricity instead of fossil fuels whenever it makes most sense for them. Together, we will make the best use of renewable power.
Our power technology organisation is developing and deploying innovative power technologies alongside four key areas:
Improving renewable power generation
Shell is developing renewable power generation capacity to decarbonise our assets and to enable the production of low-carbon molecules. Our research and product development work aims to make renewable power cheaper, and available around-the-clock. This includes digital innovation, for example to better forecast the expected output of our wind farms.
We also develop innovative solutions that answer technical challenges in new markets, for example by developing floating foundations that enable offshore wind in deeper waters.
Finally, some of our R&D work helps improve the deployment potential of wind and solar projects supporting their acceptance in local communities, for example by making a positive contribution to biodiversity.
For example, our joint venture Ecowende will build and operate an offshore wind farm in Dutch waters which is designed to enable offshore wind farms to have a net positive impact on nature in the future.
Electrifying heat demand in industry
Industrial manufacturing represents roughly a third of overall global energy demand and 80-90% is currently supplied through fossil fuels. Electrifying industrial heat demand is paramount to achieving net-zero emissions in the energy system. We have set up one of our largest technology development programs spanning 2022-2030 with the aim to decarbonise manufacturing with electricity.
We are developing end-to-end solutions for the electrification of Shell’s own assets and those of our customers. We are still in the early days of industrial electrification thus partnerships and open innovation are key factors to mature and deploy at scale these critical technologies.
That is why we work with Dow to develop and pilot new designs to electrify heat supply to steam cracker furnaces. In 2020-2021, we secured new patents, onboarded additional research institutes in the project and earned the financial support of the Dutch government. In June 2022, we started-up an experimental unit for an e-cracker design at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands (visible on the picture on the left).
In addition, we are developing technologies for heat storage and power-to-chemicals, as well as the digital technologies required to optimise the dispatch of large future industrial flexible power demand in the power markets. This so-called “demand side management” is essential to integrate the growing share of intermittent renewable power in the electricity grids.
Find out more about Shell's Industrial Electrification Technology Programme.
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Title: Shell's Industrial Electrification Technology Programme
Duration: 4:51 minutes
Description:
Shell employees talk about the energy transition programmes they are working on.
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[Background music plays]
Exciting music.
[Animated sequence]
People working in an industrial lab. Then an aerial shot of a forest on which a yellow shell shape appears. Inside the shape in white and yellow letters, text appears.
[Text displays]
Climate targets.
Key areas for energy transition technology.
Voice-over
We have launched some of our largest R&D programmes in support of Shell's climate targets, covering some of the key areas for energy transition technology.
[Text displays]
Industrial electrification.
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An animation of several ways of industrial electrification, using solar panels, windmills, and water. This is followed by shots of solar farms, factories, a forest, and a shell employee on a boat.
Voice-over
Electrifying industrial processes is one of them. Using renewable electricity to produce consumer goods, steel or cement is paramount to achieving net zero emissions. We are developing end-to-end solutions for the electrification of Shell's own assets and those of our customers.
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Panthita Boonchou appears on the screen. She is a woman with dark, straight hair that reaches her shoulders. She is wearing a white shirt and a green jacket. She sits before a calm brown and green background at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam.
[Title]
Electro-Thermal Programme Lead.
Panthita Boonchou
Electrification of processes that require heat is an important step of the decarbonization efforts for the industry.
It is estimated that today with the fuel consumed in industry today as energy about half can be replaced with electricity.
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Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA).
About half can be replaced with electricity. Source: McKinsey.
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Jeremy Pearce is at the Shell Technology Center Houston. He is a man with short, dark hair with a shaved face. He is wearing a light pink shirt with a black suit jacket.
[Title]
Electrification of Demand Programme Manager
Jeremy Pearce
The Electrification of Demand Technology programme is one of Shell's largest technology programmes. It has the ambition to decarbonise industrial sites through electrification. The industry represents about 30% of total global energy demand and about 90% of that is currently supplied through fossil fuels. The EOD technology programme is looking at new innovative solutions to help decarbonise our assets by using low-carbon renewable power.
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Industry = 30% of global energy demand. 90% of that is supplied through fossil fuels. Source: International Energy Agency.
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A moving shot through a terrain with white shipping containers lined up. On the shipping containers it says ‘ENERGY STORAGE’ in blue letters. Elizabeth Endler is at the Shell Technology Center Houston. She is a woman with half-long brown hair, and she is wearing glasses with a fine, brown rim. She is wearing black clothes.
[Title]
Chief Scientist Energy Storage and Integration
Elizabeth Endler
Energy storage is a central part of the energy transition. And we need energy storage to be able to fill in the gaps when the wind is not blowing, and the sun is not shining. This becomes increasingly important as more wind and solar come online and fuel-fired generation is retired. In fact, over 475 gigawatts of battery energy storage is predicted to come online by 2030.
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475+ gigawatts of battery energy storage is predicted to come online by 2030.
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A wide shot of the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, a set of modern red-brick buildings. Ilsa Maria Sillekens appears. She is a woman with light brown, straight hair that reaches her shoulders. She is wearing a bright pink shirt with long sleeves; glasses with a slim, silver rim; golden hoop earring; a golden chain necklace. She is speaking directly into the camera at first. Then, she appears in meetings with other people. This is followed by shots of data in numbers on a screen.
[Title]
Digital Electricity Management Programme Lead
Ilsa Maria Sillekens
In the changing energy system with renewable energy sources and all its intermittency, we have an opportunity to operate our industrial processes to react to that intermittency. Digital technologies really play a crucial role in enabling this, so they enable real-time decision making, and control at the site as well as integrate with, for example, the trading services to optimally integrate the entire power value chain.
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optimally integrate the entire power value chain.
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Panthita Boonchou is speaking straight into the camera. Shots of her are alternated with shots of an industrial lab where Panthita is at work with colleagues in white coats.
Panthita Boonchou
Collaboration is extremely important for innovation. For example, we're working closely together with Dow to develop electrification technologies for e-cracking process. E-cracking furnaces with renewable power has the potential to reduce scope 1 emission by about 90% compared to conventional furnaces. So at the Nanterre lubricants plant in Paris the site is installing an e-boiler at the end of this year. The subsequent system will allow the site to operate on both fuel and electricity to generate steam.
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Elizabeth Endler reappears. This is followed by an aerial shot of the lubricants plant in Zhuhai, China. It is a light, industrial terrain set in a green landscape. White smoke comes from one of the chimneys.
Elizabeth Endler
We also are demonstrating thermal energy storage at our lubricants plant in Zhuhai, China.
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Mark Klokkenburg appears speaking directly into the camera. He is a man with short, dark hair and he is wearing a light shirt.
[Title]
Electro-Chemical Programme Lead.
Mark Klokkenburg
So we're closely working together with the National Renewable Energy Lab who have a lot of expertise in this field. By closely working together, we can really tackle some of these challenges.
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we can really tackle some of these challenges.
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Andrea Watson appears at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Denver. It consists of buildings amidst a hilly landscape. Andrea has long, straight, dark hair. She is wearing a beige suit jacket.
[Title]
Office Director-Innovation, Partnering & Outreach
Andrea Watson
At NREL, partnerships are fundamental to our ability to address challenges that are of global significance. We work together with Shell in a number of strategically aligned areas including green hydrogen, e-mobility, offshore wind and carbon utilisation. In addition, through their knowledge, infrastructure, and capital, they are an ideal partner for us to make a bigger impact.
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People working on several industrial sites.
Jeremy Pearce
In industry, we're looking to decarbonise really difficult, hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, steel, chemicals, refining, and they need solutions that can offer abundant, low-carbon energy. Renewable power offers that opportunity, but it comes with challenges.
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Ilsa Maria walking down a hallway with Panthita Boonchou and other colleagues. Then they are in a conference room.
Ilsa Maria Sillekens
So our team is really a multidisciplinary team. So we really have a diverse blend of experts ranging from data scientists to product leads and from electrical engineers to utility and process engineers. But we also work very collaboratively across our technology hubs in Bangalore, Amsterdam, and Houston.
[Text displays]
Shell Tenchnology Center Bangalore.
Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam.
Shell Technology Center Houston.
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Elizabeth Endler speaks directly into the camera.
Jeremy Pearce
For me, as an engineer, working on problems at this scale, with this level of impact, that’s a lot of times just a really key thing. Because you want to know that what you do has impact.
[shot change]
Ilsa Maria Sillekens discusses things with colleagues in a conference room. Then she speaks directly into the camera.
Ilsa Maria Sillekens
It's so much new stuff we need to learn every day. And working on the big puzzle that is going to connect all these technological elements whilst being able to potentially deliver such an impact is really exciting. So, I think it's a dream come true.
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Panthita Boonchou speaks directly into the camera.
Panthita Boonchou Sillekens
It's really exciting. It’s an interesting challenge and it's fun to be working with talented people who are passionate about the space.
[shot change]
Quick shots of Elizabeth Endler, Jeremy Pearce, Mark Klokkenburg, Panthita Boonchou, and Ilsa Maria Sillekens. They are all smiling.
[Background music plays]
A short, bright piano tune.
[Animated sequence]
The Shell logo, a yellow, red-rimmed shell, appears before a white background. The appearance of the shell creates a ripple effect in the white background. ‘shell.com/tech’ is depicted in dark grey letters underneath the Shell logo.
Pushing further the boundaries of electric-mobility technologies
Shell aims to be a leading provider of clean global transportation solutions, and in particular provide the best electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions. To accelerate the development of scalable electric mobility solutions, we are focusing our technology development on:
- ultra-fast high power charging solutions delivering up to multi mega-watt (xMG) of power;
- digital solutions enabling a high number of EVs to charge in a coordinated ways – be it a fleet of vehicle or individual vehicles connected to shared networks;
- solutions to remove grid constraints and optimise the flow of electrons on the grid with distributed energy resources such as battery-backed charging and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) solutions; and
- supporting customers to electrify their fleets by designing integrated solutions to optimise their total costs of ownership and operations.
Developing storage technologies and energy systems integration at scale
Achieving net-zero emissions requires massive development of renewables, new and reinforced infrastructure, and wide deployment of new electrification technologies. We develop technology options to make renewable power an accessible, affordable and reliable energy source. Our researchers and engineers are developing cost-effective storage and integration solutions for e-mobility, commercial and industrial customers and to support the grid.
Storage of energy in various forms (including electrochemical, thermal, mechanical or chemical) helps to address major energy transition challenges, such as the variability of solar and wind energy supply, bottlenecks on grid infrastructure, or reducing the harmful emissions from industrial heat generation.
Our team of experts brings together expertise and experience in battery technology, electrochemistry, materials science, chemical and electrochemical engineering as well as electrical engineering.
As the energy system will evolve to include large amounts of intermittent renewable energy, electricity, heat, and hydrogen are becoming increasingly interconnected. Power markets are rapidly becoming more distributed. Much of this is driven by more and smaller generators as well as increasing ‘own generation’ by consumers. The ability to predict and control different forms of energy via storage, conversion, controllable capacity, and demand-side management is crucial to keep decarbonised electricity systems safe, reliable and cost-competitive. This is why we are growing technical expertise in flexibility technology including virtual power plants (VPP) and energy management systems. Two acquisitions in Europe have helped strengthen our position as a leading power trader for renewable energies: LimeJump and Next Kraftwerke.
System integration is not a systematic process. Its significant complexity and uncertainty requires hands on experience and detailed knowledge of electrical systems response behaviour across applications in various sectors. We use the research facilities of our technology centres to test power applications with Shell businesses, research partners as well as start-ups and scale-ups to accelerate the development of renewable power available round-the-clock.
Global and local external partnerships are key to our success
We often work in partnership to develop the innovations that will progress Shell’s projects and give our industry the best chance of success towards net zero.
We have around 50 external research partnerships with universities and research institutes across the world to progress power technologies and solutions for industrial electrification. We invest in power start-ups and scale-ups to continue to progress innovation and entrepreneurship. For example, we support the Australian start-up MGA Thermal with pre-seed funding to de-risk a thermal storage technology through a pilot demonstration.
We are also actively involved in a significant number of global technology collaborations. One example is the Offshore Wind Accelerator from The Carbon Trust, a collaborative research, development and deployment programme, which aims to reduce the cost of offshore wind.
We are also member of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDESC) , a global non-profit with over 60 members in 19 countries, the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), a non-profit educational organization specialized on grid transformation and energy systems integration as well as CIGRE a collaborative global community committed to furthering and sharing expertise of power transmission systems.
Watch: How can renewable electricity can help fight climate change?
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Title: How can renewable electricity help fight climate change?’ YOUTUBE
Duration: 3:56 minutes
Description:
In this video, we see how Shell and their partners are making it possible for homes, businesses and communities to receive clean energy and curb CO2 emissions.
How can renewable electricity help fight climate change?’ MASTER Transcript
[Background music plays]
The Sound of Shell adaptations play throughout.
[Video footage]
We pull back on aerial footage of an electricity pylon set amidst green landscape.
[Narrator]
How can renewable electricity help fight climate change?
[Text displays]
How can renewable electricity help fight climate change?
[Video footage]
Transition to rotating aerial footage of a residential house with solar panels on its roof, set against the background of the picturesque village of Wildpoldsried. Transition to close-up of a hand flipping off a wall-mounted switch.
[Narrator]
By investing in the electricity system from renewable generation to trading, business supply to home storage, Shell is working to help meet the world’s increasing energy demands and lower CO2 emissions.
[Video footage and animated sequence]
High-angle footage of a countertop against which graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Against the surface of the countertop, white line drawings depict first a pair of wind turbines rising from a blue-shaded platform, then the following successive animated icons rising from yellow-shaded platforms: chimneys with clouds of smoke rising from them, rows of solar panels, a substation, batteries, electricity pylons, a grid, houses, shops, an industrial complex, office buildings, a car at a charging station. A network of blue lines runs through, from or to each icon, and white pulses along the lines denote the flow of energy.
[Narrator]
This is the energy transition in action.
[Video footage]
Bird’s eye view of a boat crossing the surface of the ocean, heading towards the array of wind turbines making up a deep sea wind farm. Aerial footage of a wind turbine, the blades turning against the background of the ocean. Aerial footage of the screw turbines of a hydro power plant churning water. Another aerial shot of the residential house with solar panels on its roof. Medium footage shows a cab driver holding an EV charging plug to his cab’s charging port while the cab is parked next to the Yellow Cab of Columbus charging station. Aerial footage of a wind turbine, blades turning high above a background of green vegetation. A close-up and then a wider shot of rows of photovoltaic panels on a solar farm. Low angle footage and then a bird’s eye view of a bi-pole Wintrack pylon. Low-angle footage of a wind farm in the country, the wind turbines’ blades turning against a blue and pink-hued sky.
Interview with Matt Beasley
[Matt Beasley]
The energy transition that’s happening across the globe today is happening at a rapid scale.
[Video footage]
Interior talking head footage of Matt speaking to the off-camera interviewer.
[Video footage]
We transition to panning satellite imagery of the earth and the rising sun, then transitioning to low-angle footage of the sun glaring down from a cloudless blue sky.
[Narrator]
In the USA, Shell owns over 43% of Silicon Ranch, a company leading the way in renewable electricity generation from solar power.
[Text displays]
Renewable electricity generation
[Video footage and animated sequence]
We see a series of footage, taken from various angles, of the rows of photovoltaic panels on a vast solar farm. At one point, text displays over this footage, along with an animated white-line icon shown against a yellow background, depicting a solar panel and the sun moving across the sky above it.
Interview with Matt Beasley continued
[Title]
Silicon Ranch Chief Commercial Officer
[Matt Beasley]
We own and operate more than 125 solar facilities in 14 states from New York to California.
[Video footage]
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. Wide-angle footage of glass partitioning in midground and an office in the background, with two staff members sitting at desks and Matt standing behind them, their attention on the map imagery and data displayed on the wall-mounted screens in front of them.
[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 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 the yellow arrows reach the nearest panel, we see yellow shading slowly cover the surface of panel and extend along the row of panels. We again see a series of footage, taken from various angles, of the rows of photovoltaic panels on the vast solar farm.
[Video footage]
Transition to aerial footage of the swirling water of the ocean, slowing at points to slow-motion footage of a wave breaking.
[Narrator]
In Europe, off the Dutch coast, Shell is investing in renewable electricity generation from wind power.
[Text displays]
Renewable electricity generation
[Video footage and animated sequence]
We see a series of footage of a deep sea wind farm and turbine blades rotating against sea and sky in various weather conditions. At one point, text displays over this footage, along with an animated white-line icon shown against a yellow background, depicting a rotating turbine.
Interview with Jasper Vis
[Title]
Tennet Offshore Development
[Jasper Vis]
By 2030, countries in Europe will have to get 30% of their energy from renewable sources.
[Video footage]
Talking head footage of Jasper speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of a substation. We see another series of a deep sea wind farm and turbine blades rotating against sea and sky in various weather conditions.
[Jasper Vis]
Electricity from wind power will bring us to a cleaner and more sustainable future.
[Video footage and animated sequence]
We see more talking head footage of Jasper speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of a substation. We transition to bird’s eye view footage of the wind farm as graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. Parallel 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 blue lines outline all elements of the substation.
[Video footage and animated sequence]
We transition to a side view of a black countertop above which graphical devices appear and animate onscreen. White line drawings depict a row of three electricity pylons with parallel blue lines with white pulses connecting one to the other, denoting the flow of energy 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.
[Narrator]
By trading renewable electricity, Shell is changing the way energy reaches homes and factories across countries.
[Text displays]
Trading renewable electricity
[Video footage and animated sequence]
The animated sequence continues as we see a high-angle view of the black countertop, with a string of white-line graphics, a wind turbine, a photovoltaic panel, the three pylons and the house, as well as an industrial complex, shops, office buildings and more houses, all connected by a network of blue lines with white pulses denoting flow of energy. At one point, text displays over this footage, along with an animated white-line icon shown against a yellow background, depicting an energy grid.
Interview with Erik Nygard
[Title]
Limejump CEO
[Erik Nygard]
Our vision is to trade 100% renewable electricity alongside batteries and providing this electricity in real time, second by second, 24-seven.
[Video footage]
Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of an office environment. We see a series of footage of the rotating screw turbines of a hydro power plant, returning to talking head footage of Erik speaking to the off-camera interviewer. Close-up of a digital display with time, date and temperature displayed. Wider angle footage of the digital display set above large wall-mounted screens displaying data and graphics. High-angle footage of Genna, seen from behind, working at her desk.
Interview with Genna B
[Title]
Limejump Trader
[Genna B]
Batteries can respond within a second, so these units can respond instantly, and that keeps the grid really stable.
[Video footage]
We see a series of footage of Genna, a Limejump trader, sitting and working at her desk, then we see talking head footage of Genna, speaking to the off-camera interviewer from her desk. We then see a series of footage showing the activity taking place in the Limejump office, including footage of members of the team working at their desks, and screens displaying data and graphics.
Interview with Erik Nygard continued
[Erik Nygard]
Today, we manage about a gigawatt of power.
[Video footage]
Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer.
[Erik Nygard]
That is enough to supply electricity to about 2.5 million homes.
[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.
[Narrator]
Greenlots, another Shell company, provides infrastructure for electric vehicle charging, to help the switch to cleaner vehicles.
[Video footage]
We transition to a series of footage in which a cab driver walks to a Yellow Cab-branded charging station next to which his cab is parked, picking up the charging plug and connecting it to his cab’s charging port. Wide-angle footage of members of the Greenlots team working at various workstations in their office. Close-up of a page from the Greenlots software platform displayed on a computer screen.
[Text displays]
Electric-vehicle charging
[Video footage and animated sequence]
We see the cab driver pull up and park his cab next to the Yellow Cab of Columbus charging station. Text displays over this footage, along with an animated white-line icon shown against a yellow background, depicting a vehicle recharging at a charging station.
Interview with Idine Ghoreishian
[Title]
Greenlots Senior Manager
[Idine Ghoreishian]
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]
Profile-view close-up of Idine talking to the off-camera interviewer. We see a close-up of a computer monitor displaying a page from the Greenlots software platform. Medium footage of the cab driver standing at the rear of his charging cab, looking down at his cell phone. 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. Side-view footage of the white EV cab moving along a city street 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, after which we see the white EV cab pulling up next to the waiting passenger.
[Narrator]
Shell is also helping households generate and store their own electricity.
[Text displays]
Home generation and storage
[Video footage and animated sequence]
Transition to rotating aerial footage of the residential house with solar panels on its roof, set against the background of a picturesque village. We cut to a bird’s eye view of the same, and 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 outline of 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. At one point, text displays over this footage, along with an animated white-line icon shown against a yellow background, depicting a house powered by a battery.
Interview with Christoph Ostermann
[Title]
Sonnen CEO
[Christoph Ostermann]
The great thing about the Sonnen battery is that it’s fully automatic. 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 alternating cutaways to panning close-ups of the “Sonnen” wording and logo on the front surface of a battery cabinet.
[Christoph Ostermann]
This is the energy future and we are extremely proud to be part of the energy transition.
[Video footage]
Bird’s eye view of the picturesque village of Wildpoldsried surrounded by green landscape. Zooming aerial footage of solar panels on the roof of a building in the city of Berlin.
[Narrator]
To help fight climate change, the world faces critical choices about how electricity is generated and supplied to vehicles, homes and businesses across the planet.
[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. Panning bird’s eye view of a cityscape with tall skyscraper buildings. Aerial footage of a busy city interchange.
[Video footage and animated sequence]
We transition to the high-angle view of the countertop against which graphical devices appear and animate onscreen, as previously described. Against the surface of the countertop, white line drawings depict first a pair of wind turbines rising from a blue-shaded platform, then the following successive animated icons rising from yellow-shaded platforms: chimneys with clouds of smoke rising from them, rows of solar panels, a substation, batteries, electricity pylons, a grid, houses, shops, an industrial complex, office buildings, a car at a charging station. A network of blue lines runs through, from or to each icon, and white pulses along the lines denote the flow of energy.
[Video footage]
We transition to panning night-time satellite imagery of the earth, where we see the yellow glow of city lights across the earth’s surface with some white spots of light appearing sporadically.
[Narrator]
Shell is investing to make access to lower carbon electricity easier for everyone.
[Video footage]
Aerial footage of a wind turbine, the blades turning against the background of the ocean. High-angle close-up of a photovoltaic panel on a solar farm. Aerial footage of the Thrybergh hydro power station. Bird’s eye view of a deep sea wind farm, a turbine’s blades turning in the foreground. Wide-angle footage of one of the houses in the village of Wildpoldsried where we see a BMW parked in front of the garage door and a charger connected to the vehicle.
Interview with Erik Nygard continued
[Erik Nygard]
We are at an exciting moment in the history of the world where we are moving to the world of renewable energy. And this has never been more important than it is today.
[Video footage]
Time-lapse footage, from day to illuminated at night, of a section of London city skyline with the Thames River in the foreground. Talking head footage of Erik, speaking to the off-camera interviewer, seen against the background of the Limejump office. Close-up of the rotating blades of a deep sea wind turbine. Aerial footage of a solar farm set across rolling green hills. Aerial footage of the screw turbines of a hydro power plant churning water. Wide-angle footage of wind turbines scattered across a flat grassy landscape with an array of photovoltaic panels in the foreground. Wide-angle footage of a line of wind turbines on the shoreline, with mountains in the background. We tilt up past a close up of rooftop photovoltaic panels, showing a vast cityscape in the background.
[Audio]
Shell brand mnemonic played on keys.
[Split-screen footage]
Shell Pecten and text centred over split-screen footage showing six screens in two rows of three. They show footage of a wind turbine, the hydro power plant, rows of photovoltaic panels on a solar farm, the village of Wildpoldsried, the EV cab parked alongside the charging station, and the wind farm set on rolling green hills.
[Text displays]
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