United Kingdom – The UK Government has awarded Vattenfall GBP 9.3 million in innovation funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 fund.

France – GO.H2TM by T.EN, a full suite of carbon-free solutions for green hydrogen production, has been launched by Technip Energies and its affiliates Kanfa and Inocean.

United States – Under one-sun global illumination, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US Department of Energy created a solar cell with a record 39.5 percent efficiency.

Belgium – The European Commission has unveiled a new set of policies aimed at weaning the EU off Russian fossil fuels by 2027.

Belgium – Air Liquide, CaetanoBus, and Toyota Motor Europe have agreed to collaborate on the development of integrated hydrogen solutions.

Denmark – In the Port of Esbjerg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Prime Ministers of Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands sign a declaration on a shared vision for offshore wind and related infrastructure in the North Sea.

The Netherlands – In the Netherlands and Belgium, Gasunie and Fluxys are developing national hydrogen networks, respectively.

The Netherlands – Engineers from KCI and GE Renewable Energy and Pondera have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study on the Green Hydrogen Centralized Offshore Wind Production Project AmpHytrite.

The Netherlands – In a new partnership Ørsted and ARK Nature are testing the potential of rewilding principles to restore vital oceanic biodiversity.

The Netherlands – Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) and Rotterdam-based Value Maritime (VM) have signed a definitive agreement to install carbon capture and filtering systems on the MR tankers M/T Pacific Cobalt and M/T Pacific Gold.

Finland – Neste is testing a new Neste Marine 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia with its partner Nordic Marine Oil, a solution that will help the maritime sector reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Norway – Joint venture Northvolt–Hydro for battery recycling In Fredrikstad, southern Norway, Hydrovolt has started commercial recycling operations.

Sweden – Vattenfall will next week open its largest ever land-based wind farm, the Blakliden Fäbodberget in Sweden, with 84 turbines.

The Netherlands – RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tender for Hollandse Kust West (HKW).

Sweden – Hexicon and Elia Grid International (EGI) have teamed up to connect Floating Offshore Windfarms (FOW) to the onshore grid on a global scale.

Saudi Arabia – LNP ELCRIN WF0061BiQ resin, developed by SABIC, is a novel material that uses ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as a feed stream for chemical upcycling into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin.

Norway – SINTEF and NTNU researchers are collaborating to develop technologies and concepts that will make the oil and gas industry more energy efficient and reduce emissions from offshore production.

United Kingdom – Bath & North East Somerset Council has chosen Farrans Construction as the main contractor for the £39 million Keynsham Recycling Hub.

The Netherlands – Ørsted and TotalEnergies have collaborated to submit joint bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders Hollandse Kust (west).

United Kingdom – The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted bp and Equinor carbon storage (CS) licenses with an eight-year appraisal period.

Spain – Greenalia has completed a geophysical survey in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, where the PE Gofio 50 MW floating offshore wind project in the Canary Islands will be built.

United Kingdom – The Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) and Energy Centre project in Essex, United Kingdom, has been awarded to Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), a global green-tech company.

Denmark – European Energy and Vestas have teamed up to make Frederikshavn, Denmark, a global test and demonstration center for new offshore wind technology.

United Kingdom – Peel NRE, a subsidiary of Peel L&P, has unveiled its plans for a CO2 pipeline network at Protos, a strategic energy and resource hub near Ellesmere Port.

The Netherlands – bp has submitted bids for two offshore wind leases in the Netherlands, with a combined generating capacity of 1.4GW.

The Netherlands – Queensland and the Port of Rotterdam will collaborate on hydrogen export supply chain opportunities.

Europe – The Ukraine crisis has shifted Europe’s energy policy priorities, with a greater emphasis on short-term energy supply security and a focus on new supply routes for fossil fuels, with natural gas supply being particularly challenging.

The Netherlands – Duisburg and Rotterdam’s port authorities have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to renew and expand their cooperation agreements.

Belgium – The new Val’Up Plastic and Packaging Waste Sorting Centre in Mons, Belgium, has been officially opened by the Jan De Nul Group.

The Netherlands – An offshore wind auction for the Hollandse Kust West site is about to come to a close.

The Netherlands – By 2030, the Port of Rotterdam and its cluster of companies can supply 4.6 million tonnes of hydrogen to Northwestern Europe in collaboration with exporting countries.

The Netherlands – Gasunie has agreed to lease a floating LNG installation (FSRU) from New Fortress Energy, an American energy infrastructure company.