Press Release: European Commission and China step up co-operation on clean coal technologies and other energy issues

Preview of a visit to China of the European Commissioner for Energy, Andris Piebalgs. At the EU-China Energy Conference in Shanghai, 20-21 February 2006, the Commissioner was planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese government on near-zero emissions power generation technology. The conference was to bring together EU and Chinese policy makers and energy industrialists. It was to address issues such as the security of energy supplies, promoting renewable energy and increasing energy efficiency, strengthening nuclear safety and interaction between energy, research and environment.

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European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Transport: Enlargment and International relations: China-EU Energy Conference http://ec.europa.eu/comm/dgs/energy_transport/international/china_eu/index_en.htm

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/105, Towards a closer EU-China co-operation in the field of Energy, 20.2.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/105&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/110, EU-China electricity: Developing secure and reliable energy supplies, 21.2.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/110&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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