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A joint venture between Statnett and National Grid, the Norwegian and U.K. grid operators respectively, plans to lay 800km of 1,400MW cable between Norway and the U.K. between 2017 and 2020. This follows last year's announcement, outlining Statnett's intention to build four new cable connections to continental Europe with a total capacity of 4,200MW. The company expects to invest between US$2.2b and US$2.4b on cable projects until 2020.

EcoSea, the Chile based manufacturer of copper mesh cages for use in aquaculture systems, announced that it intends to enter the Northern European market beginning with Norway and Scotland. The company expects to install its first 40 cages in Norway by 2013, generating revenues of US$15M. EcoSea is also dealing with Marine Harvest, a global leader in fish farming, who have agreed to install a fish farming complex using copper mesh cages in Scotland. To date, EcoSea has used 1000t of copper, however, its accumulated total use of copeer is expected to rise to 5,000t in the coming years.

Norway's Oil and Energy Department says it has given concessions for the construction of five wind power plants of more than 400 MW in the municipalities of Berkreim, Hå and Gjesdal in the south-western county of Rogaland. The plants will produce around 1.3 TWh/y of electricity, equivalent to the use of about 65,000 households.

Norway's Energy Council, comprising business leaders and officials, said green exports could help the European Union reach a goal of getting 20 percent of its electricity by 2020 from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro or wave power.