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Projects across the globe are exploring the power of offshore wind in an effort to reach net zero.

Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the UK, and Denmark have signed a joint declaration aimed at protecting critical infrastructure in the North Sea, including subsea fiber-optic cables, gas and oil pipelines, electricity transmission cables, and offshore wind installations.

The developer of the recently emerged anchorbit technology is preparing to drill its first geothermal well next year in Germany.

Work is to be executed offshore Congo, the US Gulf of Mexico, Romania, and Germany.  

Also: A report says Bitcoin mining could ease emissions. Haliburton is accelerating its clean-energy efforts, while insurer Chubb cracks down on methane. ExxonMobil and Linde team up in Texas. Shell plans to limit CO2 emissions in Dutch plants, and Drax presses pause on bioenergy in the UK.

Construction of a treatment plan for the natural gas from latest wells is ongoing.

Wind projects take center stage around the world, while Canada finalizes a geothermal energy project. In Finland, construction begins on the country’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen facility.

New well near Speyer, Germany adds 1,800 B/D of new production

The two companies have agreed to develop a carbon capture and storage supply chain to funnel carbon dioxide produced by German industry into storage deep beneath the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The consequences of the Ukraine conflict could accelerate Germany's green energy transition despite Berlin's decision to reconnect coal-fired power plants to compensate for falling fossil fuel supplies from Russia, a study showed.