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Shell Waves the White Flag on Hydrogen Cars

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Shell Waves the White Flag on Hydrogen Cars – Oil Giant Dumps Its “Green” Gimmick

Well, that didn’t last long. In what might be the least surprising corporate U-turn of the year, Shell—the same ruthless, polluting, profit-obsessed oil behemoth that never met a fossil fuel it didn’t like—has officially thrown hydrogen cars under the bus. Six of its seven hydrogen fueling stations in California have been shut down permanently, leaving just one sad little outpost clinging to life, for now.

And why, you ask? Oh, Shell has its usual vague excuses lined up: “supply issues,” “market factors,” and other corporate buzzwords that translate roughly to: “We didn’t see enough dollar signs.” Hydrogen, once hyped as the fuel of the future, has been quietly shoved aside because, surprise surprise, it just wasn’t lucrative enough for Shell and its deep-pocketed investors—yes, BlackRock and Vanguard, we’re looking at you. read more

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Shell Ditches Hydrogen Plans in Norway – Apparently Destroying the Planet Is Easier Than Decarbonizing It

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Look who’s pulling out of yet another “green” project. Shell – that beacon of environmental virtue (LOL) – has just scrapped its plans for a hydrogen plant on Norway’s west coast. Why, you ask? Because apparently, there’s just not enough demand for “blue hydrogen.” Yes, the same Shell that’s been sucking oil out of the ground for over a century like a vampire at an all-you-can-drink blood buffet is now suddenly worried about market viability for clean energy. Color me shocked. read more

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Shell to “Go Green” in Germany with Hydrogen While Still Polluting the Planet: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Shell, the ultimate sin stock, is trying to convince us that they’re oh-so-green now.

Posted by John Donovan: 12 Sept 24

Oh, look, Shell is making another bold attempt to fool us all into thinking they care about the environment. The latest PR stunt? They’ve hired Australian energy services provider Worley to help transform one of their oil plants in Germany into a base oil production unit—oh, and by the way, it’ll also produce a little hydrogen, because, you know, greenwashing is in vogue these days.

Worley’s grand task? First, convert Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland near Cologne into a sustainable oil production paradise that’ll somehow cover 9% of the EU’s and 40% of Germany’s base oil needs. That’s right, folks: Shell is “going green” by—wait for it—producing more oil. What a time to be alive. read more

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Shell Bids Adieu to California’s Hydrogen Dreams

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Posted by John Donovan: 12 Feb 24

Oh, what’s this? Shell, the ever-so-loving caretaker of our fragile planet, has decided to throw a wrench into California’s green dreams by pulling out of the hydrogen fuel game for passenger cars. Surprise, surprise! In a move that screams “We’re here for a good time, not a long time,” Shell has officially declared, “Hydrogen cars? Not our jam anymore,” in sunny California, the only place in the U.S. where driving a hydrogen car doesn’t feel like a treasure hunt. read more

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Shell’s Brilliant Strategy: Cut Green Jobs While Pretending to Care About the Planet

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Posted by John Donovan: 25 October 2023

In an awe-inspiring move to really show the world where its priorities lie, Shell has decided to trim down its low-carbon workforce, because who really needs those, right? With the earnest goal of giving profits a loving embrace, Shell announced that it will be cutting at least 15% of jobs at its low-carbon solutions division and giving its hydrogen business the cold shoulder. The mastermind behind this genius plan? CEO Wael Sawan, who’s clearly got a sixth sense for high-profit ventures. read more

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Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant

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Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant

Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.

WEBWIRE – Friday, July 8, 2022

The 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day. read more

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Shell’s supersize hydrogen plant sparks hope of green revolution

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THE TIMES

Shell’s supersize hydrogen plant sparks hope of green revolution

Emily Gosden: Energy Editor: Thursday July 07 2022

Shell has begun building Europe’s largest “green” hydrogen plant that will use electricity from an offshore wind farm to produce the clean-burning fuel.

The oil and gas group said it had taken the final investment decision on the 200 megawatt electrolyser in the port of Rotterdam and expected the plant to start operating in 2025.

Shell said the capacity of the plant was equivalent to roughly two thirds of all electrolyser capacity in operation globally today. The new facility will use electricity from the Hollandse Kust (Noord) offshore wind farm that Shell is jointly building about ten nautical miles off the coast of the Netherlands. read more

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Shell completes acquisition of Landmark fuel and convenience network

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Shell completes acquisition of Landmark fuel and convenience network

Jun 1, 2022

Shell Retail and Convenience Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Products US (Shell), has completed the acquisition of certain company-owned fuel and convenience retail sites from the Landmark group of companies (Landmark). The acquisition also includes supply agreements for the independently operated fuel and convenience sites.

Building on the strength of its existing networks, this acquisition brings Shell closer to its customers and enhances Shell’s market presence by growing its mobility footprint in a key region in the U.S., which is one of the largest fuels and convenience retail markets in the world. read more

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Shell, Mitsubishi wind power consortium to produce ‘green hydrogen’ -Yomiuri

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Shell, Mitsubishi wind power consortium to produce ‘green hydrogen’ -Yomiuri

By Syndicated Content: Apr 6, 2022 | 10:09 PM TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp and Shell Plc aim to produce 400,000 tonnes of “green hydrogen” in 2030 through the companies’ European offshore wind power project, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.

Dutch renewable energy firm Eneco, owned by Mitsubishi and Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co, has decided to invest 10% in a joint venture that includes Shell, Norway’s Equinor and others, for the project, the paper said.

The hydrogen would be produced through wind power instead of natural gas in a bid to reduce the fuel’s carbon footprint, the Yomiuri said.

($1 = 123.6800 yen)

(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim) read more

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Shell ticked off for misleading green hydrogen advert

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DutchNews.nl

Shell ticked off for misleading green hydrogen advert

February 11, 2022

Shell has been warned for making misleading advertising claims for the second time in six months by the Dutch advertising standards authority RCC, news agency ANP has reported.

This time the RCC has found in favour of two complaints by members of the public who objected to a Shell advert stating that ‘we make millions of kilometres cleaner’, by providing green hydrogen to power buses, trucks and cars.

The RCC said that it had several issues with the advert. Firstly, the term ‘green hydrogen’ is misleading because it is a byproduct from the production of chlorine, and while certified as environment friendly, this is not what the average consumer would consider to be green. read more

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Shell says one of the largest hydrogen electrolyzers in the world is now up and running in China

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CNBC

Shell says one of the largest hydrogen electrolyzers in the world is now up and running in China

PUBLISHED FRI, JAN 28 20227:39 AM EST

Anmar Frangoul KEY POINTS

Located in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, the electrolyzer will produce green hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles during the Winter Olympics.
Wael Sawan, Shell’s integrated gas, renewable and energy solutions director, says electrolyzer is “the largest in our portfolio to date.”
While there is excitement in some quarters about green hydrogen’s potential, the vast majority of hydrogen generation is currently based on fossil fuels.

A 20 megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer described as “one of the world’s largest” has begun operations, energy major Shell said Friday.

Located in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, the electrolyzer will produce green hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles being used at Zhangjiakou’s competition zone during the Winter Olympics, which are due to open on Feb. 4. Once the Games finish, commercial and public transport will use the hydrogen. read more

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Shell says electricity to meet 60% of China’s energy use by 2060

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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. read more

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Shell Jumps Out Of Fire And Lands In The Frying Pan

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Seeking Alpha

Shell Jumps Out Of Fire And Lands In The Frying Pan

Zoltan Ban: Nov. 19, 2021

Shell’s move to exit the Dutch tax and legal jurisdiction is officially presented as an issue of dividend taxation that Shell and others hoped for years to see it repealed.
Though it is not much discussed by Shell or the media, the harsh environmental ruling by a Dutch court that forces Shell to cut emissions may have played a role.
Even though Shell is not currently faced with similar legal pressures in the UK, it may nevertheless feel other pressures to cut emissions by a similar margin.
Shell’s upstream segment is the most likely part of the business that will be sacrificed to environmental pressures.
Shell will most likely try to adapt its LNG and petrochemicals sector to lower emissions, that will make it less profitable. Higher natural gas prices will add to profitability concerns.

Investment thesis: Shell (RDS.A), (RDS.B) is leaving the Dutch legal jurisdiction, officially due to some dividend tax issues and it will make the UK its sole home base. Unofficially, it may be in large part a way to escape a court-imposed emissions reduction demand on its business activities. While the move to escape a legally binding cut of 45% compared with 2020 levels by 2030 is potentially avoided through this move, the internal, as well as external pressures for it to cut emissions, hydrocarbons production, and so on, will not cease. read more

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Shell plans to open new hydrogen refuelling sites in Europe, China and the US

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The National

Shell plans to open new hydrogen refuelling sites in Europe, China and the US

Hydrogen sales at every site have ‘doubled’ year-on-year on the back of higher demand from cars and lorries, a senior company executive says

Fareed Rahman: Nov 19, 2021 Global energy giant Shell plans to open a number of hydrogen refuelling sites in Europe, the US and China as demand for clean fuel increases amid growing concern on climate change.

The company is building hydrogen refuelling sites in China, Netherlands, Germany and in California, Paul Bogers, vice president for Hydrogen at Shell, told The National in an interview on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference. read more

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Shell teams up with Norsk Hydro to work on green hydrogen projects

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Shell teams up with Norsk Hydro to work on green hydrogen projects

Anmar Frangoul: PUBLISHED TUE, NOV 9 20219:28 AM EST

Norsk Hydro and fossil fuel giant Shell are to look into the potential of joint projects focused on green hydrogen production.

In an announcement Tuesday, Norway’s Hydro said a memorandum of understanding had been signed between the two parties.

Under the deal, Shell and Hydro’s green hydrogen business, Hydro Havrand, will focus on the joint generation and supply of hydrogen “produced from renewable electricity in hubs centered around Hydro and Shell’s own business, and where they see strong potential for scaling production for customers in heavy industry and transport.” read more

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Inspire Clean Energy and Shell Close Acquisition Deal

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Inspire Clean Energy and Shell Close Acquisition Deal

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Sep 15, 2021, 12:00 ET

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Inspire, a technology enabled clean energy company, announced that it has officially completed its acquisition agreement with Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. As part of Shell, Inspire intends to accelerate its mission by scaling its offering of clean energy access to homes in the U.S. read more

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