UK and Norway sign green energy partnership

UK ministers have signed a deal with their Norwegian counterparts to work together on green energy development.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the Green Industrial Partnership focuses on key areas that support the development of renewables, including offshore wind and grid development and collaboration on the protection of UK and Norwegian offshore infrastructure.

The Energy Secretary also met a number of energy companies to deepen bilateral relationships and make the case for clean energy investment in Britain.

Miliband said: “Energy security is national security – and only by working with key partners like Norway can we accelerate clean power that we control, getting us off the rollercoaster of fossil fuels in these unstable times”.