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Shell launches residential power brand Shell Energy, enters Texas market with 100% renewable electricity plans

Shell launches residential power brand Shell Energy, enters Texas market with 100% renewable electricity plans

NEWS PROVIDED BY Shell USA, Inc. : Jun 07, 2022, 10:00 ET

HOUSTONJune 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Shell today announced the launch of the Shell Energy brand into the residential power market in the United States. Through Shell Energy Solutions (“Shell Energy”) the company now offers 100% renewable electricity plans to eligible customers in Texas, expanding its portfolio of offerings and giving residential customers access to renewable electricity plans while building on the trusted relationships the company has built with Texans over decades. read more

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Shell: ‘We understand worry for millions – but windfall tax creates uncertainty’

CITYA.M.

Shell: ‘We understand worry for millions – but windfall tax creates uncertainty’

 and : FRIDAY 27 MAY 2022

Shell has slammed the government’s windfall tax, saying while it “understands the worry for million” about the cost of living it will creates “uncertainty” about investment.

This follows Chancellor Rishi Sunak announcing a so-called Energy Profits Levy, a 25 per cent surcharge on North Sea oil and gas sector profits, which could last for up to three years.

The Treasury expects the tax will raise around £5bn over the next 12 months – which will help fund a £15bn package to save the country’s most vulnerable households £1,200 this year.

After BP said the tax may force it to reconsider its UK investment plans, Shell is the latest energy giant to come out against the levy.

A spokesperson told City A.M. : “We understand the worry for millions of people about how high energy costs are challenging their household budgets – and the need for support to help make ends meet.” read more

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I worked at Shell for 33 years – the government is wrong on North Sea oil

SOURCE MSN/Independent

I worked at Shell for 33 years – the government is wrong on North Sea oil

By Grahame Buss: 27 May 2022

I was a principal scientist for the oil company Shell, for which I worked for 33 years. I have a degree in aeronautical engineering and a PhD in fluid mechanics.

I recently read a letter from the business and energy secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, in which he tries to justify government plans to encourage investment in new North Sea oil and gas. He says it would “protect Britain’s energy security” and smooth the “transition to cheap, clean, home-grown energy”, as well as cutting energy bills.

But expanding North Sea oil will do none of those things, for several reasons.

We don’t own the oil and gas, which we give away to energy companies together with substantial subsidies. They sell the oil and gas to the highest bidder on international markets, keep all the revenue, and are currently making eye-watering profits on which they pay almost no tax. Almost 80 per cent of UK production of crude oil is exported and plays no part in our domestic energy security.

We don’t own the companies that exploit this oil and gas. According to one study, more than a third of the licence blocks in the North Sea now have a private or state-backed controlling interest, with fossil fuel firms from China, Russia and the Middle East playing an increasingly dominant role. As well as being unaccountable to UK shareholders, these businesses have no strategic interest in UK energy security or in keeping bills low for UK households. read more

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Oil industry board members to testify to Congress on climate disinformation

The Guardian

Oil industry board members to testify to Congress on climate disinformation

Officials from Exxon, Shell, Chevron and BP have been summoned to appear before the House oversight committee in February

Reuters: Fri 21 Jan 2022 14.34 GMT

A US congressional committee has invited board members at four large oil companies to testify in February about the industry’s role in the climate crisis and spreading “disinformation”, turning up the heat on big oil after lawmakers grilled their CEOs last year. read more

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

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. read more

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Shell aiming to install 50,000 charging points on Britain’s streets

Photo Credit: Photographic Services, Shell International Limited.

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. read more

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Shell plans to install 50,000 electric vehicle charging points across UK

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. read more

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Shell to install 800 EV chargers at Waitrose shops by 2025

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

By Jack Warrick: 22 July 2021

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. read more

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How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action

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. read more

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Shell Energy customer service staff incredibly rude and disinterested

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…” read more

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Trustpilot Review Verdict on Shell Energy: Utterly incompetent

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” read more

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Shell’s Intermittent Broadband

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 companyThis article was posted on 06 July 2021. read more

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Shell opens 10 MW hydrogen electrolyser at Wesseling site of German refinery

REUTERS

Shell opens 10 MW hydrogen electrolyser at Wesseling site of German refinery

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. read more

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Shell Energy Crap Broadband Reviews

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…” read more

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Absolutely dreadful, arrogant staff at Shell Energy

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 companyThis article posted on 27 June 2021. read more

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Behind Shell’s strategy to get into green energy.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Behind Shell’s strategy to get into green energy.

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. read more

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