The European Union and Norway agreed on Thursday to cooperate to bring more gas from western Europe’s biggest producer to the EU’s 27 countries, nearly half of which are now grappling with cuts to Russian gas supplies.

Nearly half of these countries are currently grappling with cutbacks in Russian gas supplies. Brussels said 12 EU member states are facing gas cuts after Russia reduced the flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline last week, citing technical issues.

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Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth on oil and gas into an exporter of renewable electricity.

The centre-left government, which has come under criticism from environmentalists for continuing to support the oil and gas industry, has set a goal of developing 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2040.

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Nordic groups to split materials harvested from Norway’s large fleet of electric vehicles. Northvolt and Norsk Hydro are teaming up to recycle batteries from Norway’s hundreds of thousands of electric cars as part of Europe’s effort to build a green battery industry to take on Tesla and Asian rivals. The Swedish battery manufacturer — which last year raised more than €1bn from the likes of Volkswagen, Goldman Sachs and Ikea — and the Norwegian aluminium company will open a NKr100m ($10m) recycling hub in the south-eastern Norwegian town of Frederikstad next year.

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