Sir Keir Starmer has said that the UK and Norway are “probably two of the best-placed countries in the world” when it comes to carbon capture.
The prime minister travelled to Bergen to meet his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store to mark a new green industrial partnership between the two countries.
The new agreement will support the UK government's aim to secure home-grown energy and support its target to become a clean energy superpower by 2030.
After signing the joint agreement, the prime minister said: “Carbon capture has a potential for decades and decades of work, and we’re probably two of the best-placed countries in the world in relation to this cutting-edge technology, this approach."
Mr Starmer visited a cross-border carbon transport and storage facility in Norway to see how the benefits of such projects for the UK will reignite industrial heartlands.
It comes days after the government signed its first carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) contracts in the UK.
BP and Equinor are playing a major role in the first projects, called the Northern Endurance Partnership and the Net Zero Teesside. The projects will deliver thousands of skilled jobs to the region, and Net Zero Teesside will provide up to one million homes with clean power from 2028.
The agreement also comes as pioneering floating offshore windfarm Green Volt announced it has awarded front-end engineering and design contracts to progress the project.
Based off the North-east coast of Scotland, it is the first major commercial floating wind development in Europe, and a joint venture between Norwegian Vårgrønn and UK firm Flotation Energy.