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Chevron Plans to Allocate US$ 10 Billion by 2028 to Invest in Projects That Reduce Carbon Emissions from Its Operations
Last Tuesday (09/14), oil giant Chevron announced its intention to triple investments in projects that will reduce its emissions and develop renewable energy that is less polluting than oil, without convincing activists who demand strong actions against climate change. The oil company plans to allocate US$ 10 billion by 2028 to reduce carbon emissions from its operations, increase the production of energy from non-fossil sources, and capture carbon. Read more: Federal Government inaugurates transmission line that will facilitate the delivery of renewable energy from the Northeast to other regions, avoiding the use of hydroelectric power plants
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Chevron Will Invest in Climate Change
The group’s president, Mike Wirth, at the start of a presentation on Chevron’s “energy transition,” stated that the company believes climate change is real and that human activity, including the use of fossil fuels, contributes to it. “We believe that the future of energy lies in low carbon emissions, and we intend to lead” this sector, he added.
Like its competitor ExxonMobil, Chevron’s shareholders asked in late May for the company to reduce indirect greenhouse gas emissions from its products. The petition author celebrated that “Chevron has finally agreed to talk about the energy transition” and “to increase its investments in lower-carbon energy.”
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Brazilian scientists are simultaneously advancing two research projects on clean hydrogen and driving solutions that could transform the energy matrix, enhance industrial competitiveness, and accelerate large-scale emission reduction targets.
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Advancement in renewable energy: A R$ 150 million project launched by Petrobras and Finep aims to create state-of-the-art electrolyzers for green hydrogen, strengthening national research and preparing Brazil to compete in a billion-dollar energy market.
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Illiterate or semi-literate grandmothers were trained to repair solar systems, open rural workshops, and light up homes that still depended on kerosene.
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The world has bet on green hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but now faces the side effect: producing 1 kilogram requires about 9 liters of ultrapure water, and the largest projects on the planet are precisely in the driest regions of the Earth, where water is already scarce for people.
The Projects Chevron Will Invest In
The investments Chevron proposes, theoretically an average of US$ 1.4 billion per year, represent less than 10% of the expenses the group plans to spend each year for development (US$ 15 to 17 billion from 2022 to 2025). Chevron aims to devote US$ 3 billion to carbon capture and compensation projects, as well as US$ 3 billion to non-fossil fuels and renewable natural gas from the decomposition of organic waste.
The company will also invest US$ 2 billion to produce hydrogen and US$ 2 billion to reduce the intensity of carbon emissions in its operations, meaning the relationship between its CO2 emissions and Chevron’s production.
The group has not planned to venture into solar or wind energies, nor has it committed, like TotalEnergies and BP, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Chevron prefers, for now, to focus this decade on reducing its emissions while awaiting the arrival of new technologies and policies that will allow them to go further.
Also Check: Caterpillar and Chevron Sign Contract to Develop Projects Using Hydrogen
Chevron and Caterpillar recently announced a partnership to develop hydrogen demonstration projects in transportation and stationary energy applications. The collaboration aims to confirm the viability and performance of hydrogen for use as a commercially viable alternative to traditional fuels for rail and maritime transport ships.
The collaboration also aims to demonstrate hydrogen use in main generation. The companies are said to have agreed to demonstrate a hydrogen-powered locomotive and an associated hydrogen refueling infrastructure. Work on the rail demonstration will begin immediately at various locations in the United States, according to Chevron.
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