The UK and Norway are to cooperate on electricity interconnection and infrastructure that combines cross-border transmission with offshore wind generation in the North Sea.
UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng (pictured) and the Norwegian Energy Minister Tina Bru revealed the plans in a joint statement today following their first in-person meeting in Oslo.
“Today’s commitment builds on what is already a transformative partnership between our two countries, making use of the extraordinary expertise we hold within the clean energy revolution to help fight climate change and create new business opportunities,” they said.
“This includes the development of carbon capture and storage – underpinned by our bilateral memorandum of understanding signed in November 2018, the development of hydrogen technologies, and the opening up of our seas to unleash what is a ground-breaking new era of offshore wind power,” the statement added.
It also noted that the two counties are celebrating the completion this month of the construction of the North Sea Link interconnector, with trading over the interconnector scheduled to start later this year.
“Looking forward, we are committed to working together on further innovative opportunities to support our economies’ transition to clean, green energy as part of delivering our commitments under the Paris Agreement,” the ministers said.