South Korea – For the development of the 1.6 GW Incheon offshore wind project, Ørsted has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Korean state-owned utilities Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) and Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO).

Italy – Anaergia has signed a contract with Agriferr, an Italian agricultural industry company, to supply its industry-leading organic waste treatment solutions.

Poland – RWE is expanding its renewables portfolio in Poland: the Polish Energy Regulatory Office awarded the company Contract for Difference (CfD) awards for solar projects with a total capacity of more than 20 megawatts at the end of December.

United Kingdom – Bluefield Solar has acquired a 47.5 megawatt peak (MWp) operational solar and wind portfolio from Good Energy Group.

Norway – Honeywell and FREYR Battery have signed an agreement under which FREYR will use Honeywell’s leading technology offerings in their manufacturing process, subject to viability.

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Italy – Cassano d’Adda in Italy will get a 110 MW flexible power plant from Wärtsilä, powered by natural gas.

Denmark – Fortum and Danish district heating operator Fjernvarme Fyn will do a feasibility study together to assess the possibilities of capturing and recycling CO2.

Spain – The SHYNE (Spanish Hydrogen Network) project, comprised of 33 entities from various sectors and the largest renewable hydrogen consortium in Spain, was presented at Campus Repsol.

Italy – Shell has bought out solar development company solar-konzept Italia Srl (SKI) in its entirety from solar-konzept International GmbH.

Ireland – According to a new report published by Wind Energy Ireland, green hydrogen produced from renewable electricity can play an important role in Ireland’s transition to a net-zero society, boost the economy, and make energy supply more secure.

United Kingdom – Vattenfall won the Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind offshore leasing round with their partner Fred. Olsen Seawind.

France – Clean Hydrogen Partnership-supported HyPSTER project, the first green hydrogen storage demonstration in a salt cavern, is ready to begin construction.

United Kingdom – BP has awarded PGS a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) 3D seismic acquisition contract over the Endurance reservoir.

Germany – 50Hertz and TenneT plan to work together to bring wind power generated in the North Sea into the German power grid.

Denmark – The North Sea Energy Island project’s cable route surveys will be performed by Fugro under a new contract with Energinet.

United States – The US Department of Energy has conditionally granted Monolith a $1.04 billion loan to expand its turquoise hydrogen and carbon black production operations in Hallam, Nebraska. 

South Korea/United Kingdom – LG Chem will make a full-fledged entry into the chemical recycling business in order to build a plastics circular economy.

Norway – NYK and the Norwegian Knutsen Group have formed a joint venture company to develop a global liquefied CO2 marine transportation and storage business based on the Knutsen-developed PCO2 technology, which allows for the transport of liquified CO2 at ambient temperatures.

Switzerland – EPFL researchers have made a significant discovery that will aid in the design of renewable energy storage systems.

United Kingdom – Crown Estate Scotland (CES) has selected the consortium of Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy to enter into an Option Agreement for a new floating offshore wind site off Scotland’s north-east coast.

United Kingdom – “ScotWind” seabed tender results were announced by Crown Estate Scotland. They put up for auction 8,600 square miles of ocean that could be used for offshore wind farms capable of generating nearly 25 GW.

United Kingdom – As part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing, Shell and ScottishPower have secured joint offers for seabed rights to develop large-scale floating wind farms.

Germany/Australia – Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), an Australian-based green energy company, has signed an agreement with German Covestro, to supply green hydrogen and its derivatives, including a green ammonia.

United Kingdom – An all-time high of €5.4 billion (or 51% of total business volume) was reached in 2021 by EBRD green financing.

Germany – Robert Habeck, Germany’s new Green Economy and Climate Minister, unveiled his energy and climate plans through 2022.

United States – Equinor and bp have completed the Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs) for Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind 1 with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Finland – Enefit Green, a leading renewable energy producer in the Baltic region, has ordered Nordex Group’s first product in Finland.

United States – An innovative bioenergy model called “FUN-BioCROP” developed at West Virginia University will help farmers improve man age production while also boosting a renewable energy source that will not increase atmospheric carbon dioxide.

United States – LanzaJet’s alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant has received a $50 million investment from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

United Kingdom – The Triton Knoll offshore wind farm’s turbine commissioning has been completed successfully.

The Netherlands – SSE Renewables intends to submit a bid in a tender for the 1.4GW Hollandse Kust (west) Wind Farm Zone in the Netherlands, scheduled for the first half of 2022 .