Renewable electricity

In both Shell’s scenarios, wind and solar power grow dramatically once experience and further technical breakthroughs reduce costs. In 2007, they continued working to help make these breakthroughs possible.

Shell’s solar power activities are focused on advancing their proprietary thin-film solar technology. With their joint venture partner, glassmaker Saint-Gobain, they are building a 20-megawatt (MW) thin-film solar plant in Germany. The Showa Shell joint venture (Shell share 35%) is operating a 20 MW thin-film plant in Miyazaki, Japan and building a second thin-film factory with a capacity of 60 MW.

Shell is also a major wind power developer, participating in projects with a capacity of over 1,100 MW (Shell share, approximately 550 MW), enough to power more than half a million homes. This includes the launch of the Mount Storm wind project in the USA, which the joint venture expects to bring into full operation during 2008.

In 2007, they moved their wind and solar activities from a separate Shell Renewables organisation into their Gas & Power division so that they can benefit from the expertise and market knowledge of one of their mainstream businesses. The remaining part of Shell Renewables - Shell Hydrogen - became part of their future fuels organisation in their downstream organisation.

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