Powering Progress in action
January 2022 Shell started up a hydrogen electrolyser in China with 20 MW production capacity which is critical to decarbonisation in China.
January 2022 Shell completed sale of interest in Deer Park refinery. Shell plans to consolidate its refinery footprint to five or six core energy and chemicals parks. These locations will maximise the integration benefits of conventional fuels and chemicals production while also offering new low-carbon fuels and performance chemicals.
January 2022 Shell and ScottishPower won bids to develop 5 GW of floating wind power to become the world’s first large-scale floating offshore wind farm in UK waters. Once built, it will power the equivalent of 6 million homes in Scotland.
February 2022 Shell's joint venture Atlantic Shores won acreage in New York Bight, which expands Shell’s offshore wind renewable power generation capacity in the USA. This area, subject to a future investment decision, could support around 1.5 GW of commercial wind generation, enough to power nearly 700,000 New York and New Jersey homes.
February 2022 Shell completed the acquisition of Powershop in Australia an online energy retailer serving more than 185,000 customers. This complements Shell’s existing Australian investments in low- and zerocarbon assets and technologies.
June 2022 Shell completed the acquisition of the Landmark fuel and convenience network which provides opportunities to offer customers expanded fuelling options (including electric vehicle charging, hydrogen, biofuels and lower-carbon premium fuels) and allows for the growth of non-fuel sales through an enhanced convenience offering.
July 2022 QatarEnergy selected Shell as a partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project in Qatar. In December 2022, QatarEnergy and Shell closed the transaction with Shell purchasing 25% of the joint venture (JV) which owns 25% of the overall project. Shell's ownership of NFE via its JV shareholding is 6.25%. The project will use CCS, helping to reduce emissions.
July 2022 Shell took the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational from 2025. Holland Hydrogen I demonstrates how new energy solutions can help meet society’s need for cleaner energy. It is also an example of Shell’s own efforts and commitment to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050.
August 2022 Shell completed the acquisition of Solenergi Power Private Limited and with it the Sprng Energy group, one of India’s leading renewable power platforms that develops and manages renewable energy facilities and infrastructure assets.
October 2022 QatarEnergy selected Shell to participate in the North Field South project in Qatar. Shell will obtain a 9.375% participating interest in the 16 mtpa project out of a total 25% interest available for international partners. QatarEnergy will hold the remaining 75%.
February 2023 Shell completed the acquisition of Nature Energy which is a producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) from agricultural, industrial, and household waste. This acquisition, announced in November 2022, will increase Shell's ability to help customers decarbonise and accelerate its transition to net-zero emissions.
Shell’s Upstream business has a project under way to restore two hectares of coral reef in Mexico. The project aims to replant damaged coral reefs that support the marine ecosystem.
Shell Moerdijk’s 39-hectare solar park, in the Netherlands, is designed with optimal habitats for pollinators that resulted in more species of bees than on neighbouring agricultural land, research showed. Future solar parks in the Netherlands, such as Heerenveen, will follow the same design.
Shell and Space Intelligence are maturing an artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to monitor the health of natural ecosystems. At scale, this use of AI can improve how Shell’s nature-based solutions (NBS) business evaluates, tracks and assesses the performance of ecosystems and may augment the value of NBS projects worldwide.
Access to Energy In September 2022, Shell acquired Daystar Power, a provider of integrated solar power solutions to businesses in West Africa, helping customers reduce power costs and pollution. This deal marks our first power acquisition in Africa and is a fundamental step for Shell in growing our presence in emerging power markets.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) In 2022, as part of Shell’s ambition to become one of the most diverse and inclusive organisations in the world, we published data to demonstrate the progress we have made against all our individual commitments for gender, race and ethnicity, LGBT+ and disability inclusion. We published our DE&I roadmap and guiding principles to increase transparency around our approach and to drive leadership accountability and the behaviours we expect.
Communities In 2022, Shell's social investment amounted to almost $260 million. This included programmes supporting education, community development, disaster relief, energy access, community skills and enterprise development, health, biodiversity and road safety.
Human Rights Human rights are fundamental to Shell’s core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people. In 2022, we completed a review of our salient human rights with an external advisor, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR). We published a list grouping these rights according to four focus areas: workplace, supply chains, community and security.