Focused on Renewables, Shell Plans to Invest in Hydrogen This Time
Shell is committed to the rapid growth of the renewable energy market, focusing on hydrogen usage, the growth of biofuels, and energy trading. The company has strategically moved away from oil production in line with market prospects. The oil company’s official strategy will be announced on February 11, according to an article published by Petronotícias.
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Commitment to Carbon Emissions:
In addition to abandoning fossil fuels, the Anglo-Dutch company also aims to increase its appeal to investors concerned about the energy giant’s prospects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a changing world.
Shell announced in October 2020 that it would increase its spending on low-carbon energy by 25% within five years. Recently, the company announced that it wanted to develop a solar energy project in Paraíba. The project comprises seven parks with an installed capacity of approximately 323 MW. The request for authorization from Aneel is the first step to enable energy generation projects.
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Solar-powered ice factory in the Amazon that eliminated a 5-hour trip to Manaus, prevents the loss of up to two-thirds of the fish, and now ensures income for more than 30 riverside families.
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Every time a river flows into the sea, an amount of energy equivalent to a 120-meter waterfall is silently wasted, but Japan has just inaugurated the world’s first power plant that captures this waste and transforms it into electricity 24 hours a day without sun, wind, or fuel.
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Silicon Valley bets on a 100-hour battery that uses carbon and oxygen to store renewable energy for days and could turn a little-known chemical system into an alternative to critical metal batteries to tackle prolonged blackouts.
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Fortescue announces a radical shift by replacing diesel with a system featuring 1.2 GW of solar energy, 600 MW of wind energy, and up to 5 GWh in batteries, a giant project that could save $100 million per year and transform heavy mining into one of the largest 100% renewable operations in the world by 2028.
Petrobras in the Market:
Major oil companies worldwide, such as Equinor, BP, and Total, have shown plans to expand their businesses in the renewable energy market. Petrobras, according to the company’s executive, stated that it lacks expertise in this area and therefore prefers to invest in a method it knows: oil and natural gas production.
Roberto Castello Branco said, “We do not have competence in this area, we are humble, we will not go out buying offshore wind farms or investing in energy transmission and other things. We will invest in what we know how to do well: oil and gas production.”

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