{"id":465228,"date":"2025-10-01T07:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/465228\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:52:21","slug":"precourt-institute-for-energy-features-shell-usa-vp-in-energy-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/465228\/","title":{"rendered":"Precourt Institute for Energy features Shell USA VP in energy panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shell USA\u2019s vice president for energy transition Andrey Shuvalov and Precourt director William Cheuh discussed the hurdles of financing and scaling clean technologies at a Tuesday panel hosted by Stanford\u2019s Precourt Institute for Energy<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The discussion came as policymakers and companies face pressure to shift to cleaner energy sources, with questions over how to finance and distribute technologies at a global scale. Stanford students, alumni and professionals interested in renewable energy were among those present in the audience at the Gunn Rotunda in Stanford\u2019s ChEM-H building. <\/p>\n

Shuvalov said Shell is drawing lessons from its oil and gas operations to support emerging energy transition projects. He pointed to the company\u2019s experience in standardizing offshore platforms as an example of how discipline and repeatability can reduce both costs and emissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt requires some discipline not to tinker with the design every time,\u201d Shuvalov said. \u201cThat really drove the costs and the carbon emissions down.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For new technologies like carbon capture, he emphasized the importance of partnerships with investors and customers to spread risk and ensure demand. Shell\u2019s carbon storage project in Europe, he said, succeeded because industrial customers agreed to long-term commitments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chueh pressed Shuvalov on how corporations decide which technologies are worth backing. Shuvalov highlighted that solutions such as direct air capture and geothermal remain uncompetitive without market pull.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Stanford, we know the innovation recipes,\u201d Cheuh said. \u201cBut without that market pull, it\u2019s hard to see continuous investment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both panelists highlighted opportunities tied to the rapid growth of data centers and artificial intelligence, which demand massive amounts of power. Shuvalov said siting new facilities where natural gas, carbon storage and transmission capacity converge could enable lower-emission energy hubs. Chueh shared a Stanford mapping study<\/a>, which identified U.S. regions where such projects could be viable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The discussion also explored geothermal energy, with Shuvalov sharing Shell\u2019s support of start-ups such as Fervo Energy<\/a>, but suggesting broader industry participation that would be needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless I start practicing my runs, I\u2019m not getting to the level I want to be,\u201d he said, comparing geothermal deployment to training for a race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a global scale, Shuvalov stressed that Shell tailors strategies regionally to balance energy security, affordability and sustainability. In places like Indonesia, where coal is dominant, he said Shell is investing in solar, biofuels and nature-based solutions alongside natural gas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To effectively scale clean energy, both Cheuh and Shuvalov stressed the importance of sustained collaboration between corporations, universities and governments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI like topics related to transportation, energy, infrastructure,\u201d shared Jayden Wang \u201929, a frosh living in Stanford\u2019s Explore Energy House. He said he attended the panel to \u201clearn more\u2026 and see what kinds of connections [exist at] Stanford.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another attendee, Stanford alum Alex Cannara, Engr. \u201966 MS \u201974 PhD \u201976, advocated for the potential of nuclear energy and expressed concerns regarding the University\u2019s current research in renewable energy sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy concern is Stanford could do a lot more than it\u2019s doing environmentally\u2026 energy-wise,\u201d Cannara said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shell USA\u2019s vice president for energy transition Andrey Shuvalov and Precourt director William Cheuh discussed the hurdles of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[35,5352,5435,5375,2661,155350,1242,73442,155351,5738,3695,49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-465228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-energy","9":"tag-energy-transition","10":"tag-gas","11":"tag-geothermal","12":"tag-oil","13":"tag-precourt-institute","14":"tag-renewables","15":"tag-shell","16":"tag-shell-usa","17":"tag-stanford","18":"tag-sustainability","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115297828492042755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}