{"id":195834,"date":"2024-12-15T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T23:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/sir-keir-starmer-to-announce-new-green-energy-deal-to-protect-from-whims-of-dictators-like-putin\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T23:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T23:49:05","slug":"sir-keir-starmer-to-announce-new-green-energy-deal-to-protect-from-whims-of-dictators-like-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/sir-keir-starmer-to-announce-new-green-energy-deal-to-protect-from-whims-of-dictators-like-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer to announce new green energy deal to protect from ‘whims of dictators like Putin’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The prime minister is visiting Norway to launch a new green energy deal before attending a defence summit in Estonia.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer will travel to a carbon capture and storage site and meet his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store to discuss the new Green Industrial Partnership.<\/p>\n

Number 10 said both leaders intend to sign the deal in spring 2025.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>Major shake-up of UK energy system could ‘lower bills for good’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Keir said the energy partnership with Norway, which has a border with Russia, would help to boost growth and protect against spikes in international energy prices like those seen when President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“It will harness the UK’s unique potential to become a world leader in carbon capture – from the North Sea to the coastal south – reigniting industrial heartlands and delivering on our plan for change,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Our partnership with Norway will make the UK more energy secure, ensuring we are never again exposed to international energy price spikes and the whims of dictators like Putin.”<\/p>\n

The announcement comes days after Labour signed the first carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) contracts in the UK.<\/p>\n

Read more: Labour has decided its colossal net zero plan is worth the risk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Carbon capture is seen by some as a way of tackling climate change, by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it away.<\/p>\n

Its critics, however, argue it allows big polluters to carry on polluting and it is much more efficient to simply reduce emissions in the first place.<\/p>\n

The first major commercial floating wind development in Europe, based off the northeast coast of Scotland, also announced new contracts to progress the project.<\/p>\n

It is estimated the plant, which is a joint venture between Norwegian Vargronn and UK firm Flotation Energy, will deliver power to about one million homes when it starts operating in 2028.<\/p>\n

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Mr Gahr Store said: “We need co-operation, knowledge and innovation to better equip us to face the future.<\/p>\n

“The partnership with the UK will be important to facilitate more green jobs both in Norway and the UK, and for advancing the green transition.”<\/p>\n

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The prime minister’s whistlestop tour through Norway and Estonia will see him join leaders from the Netherlands, Latvia, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Lithuania in Tallinn to discuss security.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back in the UK, foreign secretary David Lammy and defence secretary John Healey will meet their Australian counterparts in London to discuss shared security challenges.<\/p>\n

They will discuss cooperation on issues including Ukraine, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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