Shell`s Strengthen by Expansion in Electricity

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is taking small steps toward a future dominated by electric cars. renewable energy and carbon constraints. demonstrating its intent not to remain solely an oil and gas company.

The energy giant agreed last month to purchase First Utility Ltd.. the U.K.’s seventh-largest power provider. Its offshore-wind partnership with Eneco may expand further. with newspaper Telegraph reporting on Friday that Shell is considering buying the Dutch utility outright.

Big Oil entering the heavily regulated European power market isn’t a natural fit today. Yet it makes sense for a future in which consumers want charging points alongside gasoline pumps at fueling stations. and iPhone apps and smart home devices generate vast amounts of energy-use data that itself becomes a valuable commodity.

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