Nov 8, 2022
oh wow i love crude oil! isn't it yummy? :3
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oh wow i love crude oil! isn't it yummy? :3
haha noo don't unionize i'd hate that
i hope no one else unionizes against me :(
The United Steelworkers union (USW) and Shell Oil Co reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that sources familiar with the deal said woul
our oil comes from 100% renewable resources! please don't look that up.
haha look at these snowflakes! i'm pretty sure this is legal, right?
“No yelling, shouting, protesting or anything viewed as resistance will be tolerated at the event"
In the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Texas, a massive $416 million solar array began converting sunshine to electricity this summer. One of the project’s main financiers has a very familiar name — Facebook.
There are a lot of really fucked up stories in the news today. The only solace I’m taking from this is that fracking as an industry appears to be reaching the end of its life, so hopefully this solar project will, someday, actually be doing good.
The social media corporation helped make possible the 379-megawatt Prospero I solar array, located about 18 miles west of the city of Andrews and covering an area five times larger than New York City’s Central Park. The project represents a model initiative for Facebook, which is striving to become a leader on climate change. A June 2019 Associated Press article about Prospero I repeatedly implies its energy will power Facebook’s data centers, where photos, videos, and other information is stored. The article quotes CEO Mark Zuckerberg in saying that, “These new solar projects will help us reach” a goal “for all our data centers and offices to use 100% renewable energy by 2020.”
But the admirable renewable energy commitments and corporate bluster belie a simple truth about the Prospero I solar project. The energy produced here will not directly power a Facebook data center; it will, in fact, be routed to Shell Energy North America to power the oil and gas giant’s fracking operations in the Permian, the nation’s most booming and polluting oil play.
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“Shell Energy signed a long-term solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Longroad Energy,” says Jim Appleby, a Shell external relations advisor. “This PPA and the associated renewable energy credits will increase the supply of renewable power into the grid and help to offset our carbon footprint in the Permian Basin.”
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The Prospero I solar project is not the only large array to rise out of the oil well–dotted scrub of the West Texas desert. In fact, a number of major oil and gas companies operating in the Permian oil patch have chosen to power their operations with renewable energy. “As the thirst for electricity to power drilling rigs in West Texas drives the state’s energy needs to new highs, oil and gas companies are increasingly relying on wind and solar power to ensure that the shale boom continues,” states a 2019 Reuters article.
... “Renewable energy [is] incredibly important, we believe in it strongly,” Peter Freed, the Head of Energy Strategy at Facebook, stated in a talk in June for Stanford’s Precourt Institute of Energy. Freed works on a team that makes sure that for each amount of energy used by the company’s massive energy-hungry data centers, an equivalent amount of energy has been procured from a renewable source. But that renewable energy need not necessarily be used by Facebook itself. It is this accounting that allows a company like Facebook to make claims of 100 percent renewable energy.
Justin Chadwick directs Shell’s brand new ad campaign
We’ve been pretty busy this year, with not one but three ads by Justin Chadwick for Shell’s new clean energy campaign.
It was a delight to work with Justin again! Watch the debut commercial below:
@shellmakethefuture is hiring! Shell is a globaal energy company with more than 85,000 employees in 70 countries. Do you want to be a part of their team? Apply via the link: www.qreer.com/jobs/view/10445 www.qreer.com/jobs/view/10458
Advanced Microgrid Solutions and Shell Energy North America to Install Battery Storage
Advanced Microgrid Solutions and Shell Energy North America to Install Battery Storage
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Shell Energy North America to install up to 20 Megawatts of battery storage at Shell Energy commercial, industrial and utility customer sites throughout California. Source: Advanced Microgrid Solutions and Shell Energy North America to Install Battery Storage
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