EU joins China in new energy drive
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May 1, 2010, Saturday
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China and the European Union inaugurated a new cooperative project on clean energy yesterday, in a further effort to jointly tackle energy efficiency and climate change.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Zhang Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration, witnessed the inauguration of the Europe-China Clean Energy Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The center will act as a platform to provide support for both Chinese and European energy sector key players, and its objective is to promote increased use of clean energy.
"The launching of the center, another flagship of our cooperation, is a major step in our common efforts to shape a more sustainable, environmentally friendly and efficient energy sector," Barroso said.
"The European Union cannot achieve its energy and climate change objectives alone. We want to make partnerships with friends around the world. There are now very important prospects for developing many concrete projects within China and the European Union," Barroso said.
Zhang, also vice minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said China and the EU shared similar targets on clean energy and there was a bright future for energy cooperation.
"As of the end of 2009, China had introduced about 30,000 technological projects from the EU, among which wind, photovoltaic and nuclear power projects account for a rather big proportion," Zhang said.
Despite the fact that China did not lag behind on clean energy development, it needed more efforts to restructure its energy sector and develop clean coal technology as coal accounted for 70 percent of its primary energy sources, Zhang said.
Barroso is visiting on the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the EU and China.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Zhang Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration, witnessed the inauguration of the Europe-China Clean Energy Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The center will act as a platform to provide support for both Chinese and European energy sector key players, and its objective is to promote increased use of clean energy.
"The launching of the center, another flagship of our cooperation, is a major step in our common efforts to shape a more sustainable, environmentally friendly and efficient energy sector," Barroso said.
"The European Union cannot achieve its energy and climate change objectives alone. We want to make partnerships with friends around the world. There are now very important prospects for developing many concrete projects within China and the European Union," Barroso said.
Zhang, also vice minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission, said China and the EU shared similar targets on clean energy and there was a bright future for energy cooperation.
"As of the end of 2009, China had introduced about 30,000 technological projects from the EU, among which wind, photovoltaic and nuclear power projects account for a rather big proportion," Zhang said.
Despite the fact that China did not lag behind on clean energy development, it needed more efforts to restructure its energy sector and develop clean coal technology as coal accounted for 70 percent of its primary energy sources, Zhang said.
Barroso is visiting on the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the EU and China.
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