
2024 Shell TechXplorer Digest: Powering Energy Innovation (Houston Special)
Technology and innovation play a crucial role in the energy transition, enabling us to create and implement new, sustainable, more efficient and cleaner energy solutions. This special of the TechXplorer is entirely focused on the Shell Technology Center Houston (STCH), where multidisciplinary teams from our technology hubs in Europe, India and the USA, and external partners work together.
Shell Technology Center Houston is home to some of the world鈥檚 largest traditional and emerging energy companies. The largest of three Shell technology hubs, with the others located in Amsterdam and Bangalore, Shell Technology Center Houston plays a critical role in solving today鈥檚 complex energy challenges and accelerating the transition of our business to net-zero emissions. Our approximately 1,300 scientists, experimentalists, engineers, consultants, sales and support staff, and contractors work to advance the research, development and commercialisation of new technologies and to scale existing and new technologies for various industrial and consumer applications.
TechXplorer Digest is a yearly publication of some of the coolest stories from inside Shell, online enriched with additional stories.
CAUTIONARY NOTES UP FRONT (read more here)
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About Shell鈥檚 Net-Zero Emissions Target | Shell鈥檚 operating plan, outlook and budgets are forecasted for a ten-year period and are updated every year. They reflect the current economic environment and what we can reasonably expect to see over the next ten years. Accordingly, they reflect our Scope 1, Scope 2 and Net Carbon Intensity (NCI) targets over the next ten years. However, Shell鈥檚 operating plans cannot reflect our 2050 net-zero emissions target and 2035 NCI target, as these targets are currently outside our planning period. In the future, as society moves towards net-zero emissions, we expect Shell鈥檚 operating plans to reflect this movement. However, if society is not net zero in 2050, as of today, there would be significant risk that Shell may not meet this target.
Robin Mooldijk, Projects & Technology DirectorOur technology centres are at the forefront of developing new and innovative solutions to help us meet the energy challenges of today and tomorrow.
Yuri Sebregts, Chief Technology OfficerShell can develop innovative solutions that can help to power progress and deliver more value, with less emissions.
SHELL TECHXPLORER DIGEST: SPECIAL EDITION 2024
Shell TechXplorer Digest showcases the breadth and depth of scientific research and technology applications within Shell. Most of the articles presented here are written by the Shell scientists, engineers and technicians who have worked on the development and deployment of these technologies, the partners who help make this possible, and the support staff who enable their real-world application. In the spirit of open innovation, Shell TechXplorer Digest provides a medium through which these authors can communicate their achievements to a wider readership.
