2022 Innovation Agora Partners

Agora Partner

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  ABB

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  ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 105,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com 

  https://global.abb/group/en
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  Aker Horizons

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  Aker Horizons is dedicated to developing companies that solve fundamental challenges to sustainable existence – or planet-positive investing. Aker Horizons offers a unique approach to combining environmental impact and financial returns.

  We combine 180 years’ of industrial heritage with smart capital management and the financial capabilities to make a measurable impact on the environment – what we call planet-positive investing. We are dedicated to incubating and developing companies that solve fundamental challenges to sustainable existence. Our portfolios include companies across renewable energies such as solar, offshore, and onshore wind, hydropower, hydrogen, batteries and carbon capture.

  Aker Horizons is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and majority-owned by Aker ASA, a Norwegian industrial investment group.

  https://www.akerhorizons.com/
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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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  For over 15 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud offering. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any cloud workload, and it now has more than 200 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 84 Availability Zones within 26 geographic regions, with announced plans for 24 more Availability Zones and eight more AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
  

  http://www.aws.com/energy
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  Aramco

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  Aramco is a global integrated energy and chemicals company. We are driven by the core belief that energy is opportunity. From producing approximately one in every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy technologies, our global team is dedicated to creating impact in all that we do. We focus on making our resources more dependable, more sustainable and more useful. This helps promote stability and long-term growth around the world. www.aramco.com
  

  https://www.aramco.com/
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  AVEVA

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  AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, drives digital transformation for industrial organizations managing complex operational processes. Through Performance Intelligence, AVEVA connects the power of information and artificial intelligence (AI) with human insight, to enable faster and more precise decision making, helping industries to boost operational delivery and sustainability. Our cloud-enabled operational data management, combined with software that spans design, engineering and operations, asset performance, monitoring and control solutions delivers proven business value and outcomes to over 20,000 customers worldwide, supported by the largest industrial software ecosystem, including 5,500 partners and 5,700 certified developers. AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with over 6,000 employees at 90 locations in more than 40 countries.
  

  https://www.aveva.com/
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  Baker Hughes

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  Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and with operations in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
  

  https://www.bakerhughes.com/
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  Carlyle

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  Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Global Investment Solutions. With $293 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2021, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 1,800 people in 26 offices across five continents.
  

  https://www.carlyle.com
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  Chevron Corporation

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  https://www.chevron.com/
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  Cognite

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  Cognite is a global industrial software provider enabling the full-scale digital transformation of heavy-asset industries around the world. With Cognite Data Fusion (CDF), we supply contextualized data to drive industrial applications that increase safety and efficiency and drive revenue.

  Cognite is a global industrial SaaS company that was established with one clear vision: to rapidly empower industrial companies with contextualized, trustworthy, and accessible data to help drive the full-scale digital transformation of asset-heavy industries around the world. Our core Industrial DataOps platform, Cognite Data Fusion™, enables industrial data and domain users to collaborate quickly and safely to develop, operationalize, and scale industrial AI solutions and applications to deliver both profitability and sustainability. 
  

  https://www.cognite.com/en/
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  ExxonMobil

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  https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/
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  Hunt Energy

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  For more than 80 years, Hunt has been a leader in the oil exploration and production industry, beginning as a modest, family-owned and -operated regional exploration company in 1934 and transitioning into a large, international company, capable of operating in multiple energy activities anywhere in the world. Hunt focuses on multiple energy technologies that it believes will play important roles in the energy transition, including international exploration and production, refining opportunities, power opportunities, and new energy technologies such as perovskite solar and battery technology. At Hunt, our Purpose is to impact humanity for the better, with energy. We create long-term value and profitability for all stakeholders, including our people, our communities, our partners, and ourselves.

  http://www.huntconsolidated.com/index.aspx
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  Invest in Canada

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  https://www.investcanada.ca/
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  Oxy

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  https://www.oxy.com
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  Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS)

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  We are a dynamic global energy group with presence in over 50 countries. We produce and deliver energy and solutions that power society’s progress in a responsible and sustainable manner.

  We seek energy potential across the globe, optimizing value through our integrated business model. Our portfolio includes cleaner conventional and renewable resources and a ready range of advanced products and adaptive solutions.

  Sustainability is at the core of what we do as we harness the good in energy to elevate and enrich lives. People are our strength and partners for growth, driving our passion for innovation to progress towards the future of energy sustainability.

  Passionate about Progress

  https://www.petronas.com/
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  Rice University

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  https://www.rice.edu/
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  Schlumberger

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   Schlumberger (SLB: NYSE) is a technology company that partners with customers to access energy. Our people, representing over 160 nationalities, are providing leading digital solutions and deploying innovative technologies to enable performance and sustainability for the global energy industry. With expertise in more than 120 countries, we collaborate to create technology that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all.
  

  https://www.slb.com/
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  Schneider Electric

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  Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On.
  

  Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency.

  We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.

  We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.

  www.se.com

  https://www.se.com
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  Sempra Infrastructure

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  Sempra Infrastructure delivers energy for a better world. Through the combined strength of its assets in North America, the company is dedicated to enabling the energy transition and beyond. With a continued focus on sustainability, innovation, world-class safety, championing people, resilient operations and social responsibility, its more than 2,000 employees develop, build and operate clean power, energy networks and LNG and net-zero solutions, that are expected to play a crucial role in the energy systems of the future. For more information about Sempra Infrastructure, please visit www.SempraInfrastructure.com.
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  Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy

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  Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy leads the university’s efforts in energy research and education, from basic science and technology to policy and business. The Precourt Institute, its initiatives and centers fund research, help educate the next generation of leaders in the energy sector and promote the results of sustainable energy efforts across campus. It also builds collaborations globally with business executives, investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers and other researchers in pursuit of sustainable, affordable, secure energy for all people. The Precourt Institute and other Stanford energy programs organize conferences and workshops throughout the year. For more information about Stanford Energy news, events, people and programs, please visit energy.stanford.edu.

  To keep up to date, follow @StanfordEnergy on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and subscribe to the Stanford Energy channel on YouTube and to Stanford Energy News monthly at energy.stanford.news.

  Corporations, government, civic organizations and individuals can interact with Stanford Energy in a variety of ways. Members of industrial affiliate and sponsored-research programs at the Precourt Institute and elsewhere on campus support Stanford energy research and education. The programs also provide many opportunities for interaction with faculty members and students, as do Stanford’s internship programs. Stanford offers a professional education program on energy. The Global Energy Dialogues, StorageX International Symposium and Stanford Energy Seminar are open to all who are passionate to learn about and advance the global energy transition. For more information, visit energy.stanford.edu/engage.

  https://energy.stanford.edu/
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  Sunnova Energy

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  Sunnova is a leader in residential solar, battery storage and system protection services, with customers across the U.S. and its territories. We are your source for clean, affordable, and reliable energy, with a simple mission: to power energy independence so our customers have the freedom to live life uninterrupted™.
  

  https://www.sunnova.com/
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  Xcoal and XLNG Energy & Resources

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  Xcoal Energy Resources is a privately-owned global coal marketing and logistics company headquartered in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (USA). Ernie Thrasher leads a +100-person team with a “customer first” mentality spread throughout 20 global offices.

  Xcoal specializes in marketing metallurgical, thermal, and anthracite coals from around the world, with a focus on supply from the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Innovative and creative logistical processes supported 2019 export volumes of over 25.0 million metric tonnes.

  Xcoal is involved in coal mine development, financing, and related infrastructure projects and are actively pursuing investment opportunities in the global coal supply chain.

  We take pride in our record of providing customers with reliable service, stable quality, and consistent supply.

  XLNG Energy & Resources was developed to market and deliver alternative forms of energy to the global marketplace. XLNG has access to abundant U.S. shale gas supply in close proximity to LNG liquefaction plants and has experience sourcing LNG from other global supply basins as well.

  XLNG will build on Xcoal’s marketing infrastructure and commercial relationships, while utilizing a well-established and successful business model to deliver gas to our customers.

  Through strong supply and logistics relationships, XLNG exported 14.5 TBTU of LNG in 2019 and will continue to grow its presence in global LNG markets on our track record of reliable service & consistent supply.

  https://www.xcoal.com/