Norway will identify new acreage for offshore wind development in response to industry demand, said its environment minister as she gave more details of its plans for allocating the first two areas that she said had seen “great interest”.

Norway in 2020 announced plans to award development rights in two areas – Utsira Nord in the deeps off the west coast and Sorlige Nordsjo 2 in the south near Denmark – to spur up to 4.5GW