A
group
of
more
than
20
international
firms
from
along
the
offshore
wind
supply-chain
will
form
a
partnership,
provisionally
called
Norstec,
to
“create
a
major
new
renewable
energy
power
centre
in
the
North
Sea
and
to
maximise
the
significant
opportunities
that
come
with
it”,
says
the
UK
Department
of
Energy
and
Climate
Change
(DECC).
The
list
of
initial
signatories
to
the
new
body
includes
Alstom,
Areva,
Dong
Energy,
E.ON,
EDPR,
Fluor,
Gamesa,
Mainstream,
REpower
Systems,
Repsol,
Scottish
Power,
SSE,
Siemens,
Statkraft,
Statoil,
Vattenfall
and
Vestas.
Norstec
takes
its
name
from
the…