Those new hubs bring significant economic opportunity, but only if we have the energy to power them. That’s why Williams is investing in new innovations and technologies capable of producing more energy, more cleanly.
We’re working to develop new energy options, funding promising startups, and deploying cutting-edge technology, all with a singular goal in mind: to cleanly produce the energy our country needs to grow and thrive.
NEW FUEL OPTIONS
For generations, Williams has provided affordable, low-emission natural gas to Americans across the country. Now, we’re working to make natural gas even more efficient by reducing emissions created in the production process. Using advanced measurement practices and monitoring technologies such as satellites, aerial surveys, multiple sensing devices, and real-time internal operational data, our NextGen Gas tracks and measures emissions, bringing greater trust and transparency. Beyond this technology, we run carbon capture and sequestration systems at two of our gas processing and treatment plants and are exploring building additional facilities to further decarbonize operations.
We also provide customers with Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), which uses landfill waste, municipal water treatment, livestock farms, or food waste facilities to produce energy. In addition to being a low-emissions source of fuel, RNG prevents those items from releasing greenhouse gases while they decompose. Through RNG, we’ve prevented the equivalent to removing nearly 457,349 gasoline-powered passenger cars from the road for one year.
In recent years, Williams has invested in alternative fuel options, including solar power. Across our land portfolio, our solar team oversees 17 projects across the country that will add approximately 125 megawatts of total solar capacity and 24 megawatts of total battery capacity. We’re also building a new solar facility in Lakeland, Florida, that will produce enough electricity to power approximately 75,000 homes throughout Central Florida when it’s operational.
STARTUP INVESTMENTS
Our Corporate Venture Capital program also plays a key role in our efforts to boost America’s supply of sustainable, affordable energy. Since launching the program in 2021, we’ve invested $58 million in 12 technologies at the forefront of the energy transition. Investments have been made in multiple companies focused on identifying emission leaks in production systems, and in 2024, we launched a partnership with Safety Radar, an AI-driven company that will strengthen our operations and provide us critical insights into how we can best protect our employees and the environment.