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Shell suffers blow as investor group withholds approval for energy transition plan
Shell’s battle to gain approval for its energy transition plan has suffered a heavy setback, as a major investor announces its intention to abstain on a key resolution at the firm’s upcoming annual general meeting.
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), which holds a £1.2bn stake in the energy giant, has criticised the oil and gas trader’s climate transition plans.
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Utterly shocking customer care
Utterly shocking customer care. 55 minutes on hold then silence, cut off. Charge 3 times what BT do and prey on vulnerable pensioners.
REUTERS
Shell says electricity to meet 60% of China’s energy use by 2060
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China may triple electricity generation to supply 60% of the country’s total energy under Beijing’s carbon-neutral goal by 2060, up from the current 23%, Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday.
Shell is one of the largest global investors in China’s energy sector, with business covering gas production, petrochemicals and a retail fuel network. A leading supplier of liquefied natural gas, it has recently expanded into low-carbon business such as hydrogen power and electric vehicle charging.
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BBC News: Sept 1, 2021
Oil giant Shell announced on Wednesday it was aiming to install 50,000 charging points on Britain’s streets by 2025, as part of a government-backed push to increase electric vehicle numbers and reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.
Shell will roll out the charging points through on-street charging point company Ubitricity, which it acquired in February.
The government has estimated that the UK will need between 280,000 and 480,000 charging points by 2030, the year it plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
Photo Credit: Photographic Services, Shell International Limited.
Sky News
Shell plans to install 50,000 electric vehicle charging points across UK
Wednesday 1 September 2021 08:01, UK
The energy giant is offering to help local authorities pay for the installation of the chargers as part of a push to build new infrastructure ahead of the planned phase-out of petrol and diesel vehicles.
It is part of a push to make more charging points available to drivers without private parking as the government targets a reduction in carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.
Autocar
Shell to install 800 EV chargers at Waitrose shops by 2025
Project will increase the total number of Shell Recharge points in the UK eight-fold
Multinational energy company Shell will install 800 electric vehicle chargers at Waitrose shops in by 2025, increasing its number of chargers almost eight-fold in the UK. Around 100 Waitrose shops will gain Shell Recharge stations, with each site expected to receive six 22kW chargers and two 50kW rapid chargers.
The Guardian
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
Chris McGreal: Mon 19 Jul 2021 11.00 BST
When Royal Dutch Shell published its annual environmental report in April, it boasted that it was investing heavily in renewable energy. The oil giant committed to installing hundreds of thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles around the world to help offset the harm caused by burning fossil fuels.
On the same day, Shell issued a separate report revealing that its single largest donation to political lobby groups last year was made to the American Petroleum Institute, one of the US’s most powerful trade organizations, which drives the oil industry’s relationship with Congress.
Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “I was told when I moved to Shell broadband it would be as good as what I had with my last provider, very disappointed it’s terrible”: “very poor connection keeps disconnecting everyone in the house wish I’d never have changed”: “A shambles is the politest way to put it.”: “A bunch of crooks. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask.”: “Staff we had the pleasure of speaking to were incredibly rude and disinterested…”
Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “Tried to set up a broadband account. I was told they will send the router and engineer after 14 days. No router and when I called to see about the engineer on day 13 they didn’t know what I was talking about.”: “I should have read the reviews before contacting them as they are all shocking reviews.”: “Utterly incompetent”: Please don’t waste you time or money they are terrible, I’ve had a lucky escape”
Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “Been complaining for months about the intermittent broadband service from shell broadband. Without service again right now… Wish I read reviews beforehand AVOID !!!”: I really hope senior management at SHELL are reading this and can see how their bullying tactics and ruthless, flagrant ignorance of what is fair has cost them dearly.”
Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article was posted on 06 July 2021.
REUTERS
FRANKFURT, July 2 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) on Friday launched Europe’s biggest hydrogen electrolysis plant of 10 megawatts (MW) called Refhyne at the Wesseling site of its Rheinland refinery after two years of construction, expanding further into alternative energies.
The plant will produce green fuels within a European Union-funded consortium which is already setting sights on a facility of 100 MW at the site near Cologne to scale up its commercial operations.
Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “Totally Horrendous We are still experiencing problems with our broadband from Shell Energy. It is totally unreliable.”: “I have 9 and a half months to live with this horrendous broadband service until I can get out of the contract. Switching to Shell Energy Broadband is the worst broadband decision I have ever made. If you want to avoid the stress me and my family have experienced in just 10wks, please don’t contract with Shell Energy for your Broadband service…”
Extracts from Shell Energy customer reviews posted during the past few days on Trustpilot: “My advice if you are thinking of switch to Shell DONT! Unhelpful, fraudulent company!”: “Shell Energy will never supply me with gas, electric or anything else in the future!”
Visit the Shell Energy page on Trustpilot to view all reviews in their entirety, positive and negative (and Shell Energy responses). Watch out for any fake reviews. Note the reoccurring themes in the negative reviews, including difficulty in communicating with the company. This article posted on 27 June 2021.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
June 21, 2021, 8:07 a.m. ET
Ben van Beurden, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, has been talking about the need to cut emissions since 2017. In the view of some, though, Shell has dragged its feet.
The company’s clean energy investments since 2016 add up to $3.2 billion, Stanley Reed reports for The New York Times, while it has spent about $84 billion on oil and gas exploration and development, according to estimates by Bernstein, a research firm.
“You cannot claim to be in transition when you only invest” such a small percentage of capital in new businesses, said Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, a Dutch investor activist group.
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Will Shell perish under the demands of the judge?
A court that imposes a CO 2 reduction on an oil company by waving human rights and climate change. This has never been seen in the world before. What are the consequences?
Ton Voermans & Peet Vogels Last update: 27-05-21, 19:36
Can Shell meet the requirements?
That will be quite a job. The judge ordered that Shell reduce its own CO 2 emissions by 45 percent by 2030. This is an obligation and goes further than Shell’s own objective. But experts expect Shell to be able to achieve this. Society has already started using solar power in oil production. And Marjan van Loon, the CEO of Shell Netherlands, is already driving around in a hydrogen car. Others point out that Shell can still reduce methane leaks, methane is a strong greenhouse gas. And Shell can capture and store its own CO 2 emissions in empty gas fields.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Climate Ruling Could Force Big Change at Shell
Oil giant might need to sell assets and rethink spending to meet Dutch court order to curb carbon emission
By Sarah McFarlane: May 27, 2021 12:08 pm ET
To comply with a Dutch court order to cut carbon emissions, Royal Dutch Shell PLC may have to overhaul its business and cut its oil output faster than it had planned, analysts and investors said.
Potential ways to curb emissions include selling assets, rethinking exploration spending and halting growth of its liquefied-natural gas operations, they said.
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