Amanda Dasch

Speaking Role at IPF: Plenary

Shell has set itself a target to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, or sooner. As part of the measures to fulfil this target, Shell is building an interconnected lower-carbon power business: from generating electricity, to buying and selling it, storing it, and supplying directly to customers to power homes, businesses, and vehicles. Wind is critical to this mission. With 20 years of experience in wind, power trading in over 20 countries, and a global team of wind experts in Europe, the US and Asia, Shell is well positioned to further grow our wind business. Today, we have more than 12 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity in operation, under construction and in the funnel of potential projects across North America, Europe, the UK and Asia. Shell’s project pipeline ranges from conventional bottom-fixed developments to floating offshore wind, and from wind power to hydrogen developments to multi-technology projects combining offshore wind with floating solar panels and batteries.

In the U.S., Shell is a 50% partner with Ocean Winds in the SouthCoast Wind joint venture that is working to develop a wind lease off the coast of Massachusetts, USA, with the potential to generate approximately 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity (pre-FID). In December 2021, SouthCoast was awarded the right to provide 400 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind energy by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its three biggest utilities. Combined with its power purchase agreement of 804 MW awarded in 2019, SouthCoast could deliver more than 1.2 GW of clean energy to electricity customers throughout Massachusetts and New England. That is enough energy each day to power over half a million homes and businesses. Additionally, Shell is a 50% partner in the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind joint venture with EDF Renewables North America. Atlantic Shores has won the rights to develop approximately 4.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity (pre-FID), with the potential to provide power to over 3.1 million homes across New York and New Jersey, USA. It includes the New York Bight acreage, awarded in February 2022, which could support ~1.5 GW of wind generation. In June 2021 Atlantic Shores won the right to provide 1.5 GW of offshore wind energy to the state of New Jersey, enough to power over 700,000 homes.