* 23 energy heads, including European Commission, to meet
* Brazil and UK expected to sign clean energy agreement
* IEA to publish review of UK energy policy
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven
Chu, now seeking to coordinate a release of oil from emergency
reserves to subdue prices, will co-chair a meeting of energy
ministers from 22 big economies in London later this month on
developing cleaner technologies.
Ministers from Australia, Canada, Europe and Japan will
join counterparts from emerging economies Brazil, China, India,
Indonesia, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the
United Arab Emirates at the April 25-27 gathering, a British
government statement said on Tuesday. The European Commission
will also be represented.
The talks on speeding development of technologies that limit
greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security will focus
on how countries can collaborate on new investment and jobs in
areas such as energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage,
solar and wind.
The gathering comes at a time when the United States,
Britain and France are seeking cooperation from other consumer
nations on a release of strategic oil reserves.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday in
Riyadh sought an assurance from Saudi King Abdullah that the
kingdom would not neutralise a release of inventories by
consuming countries by cutting its oil production.
During the meeting in London, Brazil and Britain are
expected to sign an agreement on clean energy, while the
International Energy Agency (IEA) will publish a review of UK
energy policy, the first since 2006.
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