Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 10.2
EU member countries' energy assistance fund in the official fund to China
2000-2007 (million Euros)
Country
Funding
Germany
98.5
Spain
53.2
Denmark
30.1
Finland
19.8
The Netherlands
11.4
Italy
10.5
UK
9.2
France
3.4
Sweden
1.8
Belgium
0.4
Total
238.2
Source: Freeman and Holslag [
1
]
technology cooperation. According to the agreement at the 2009 Sino-EU Summit,
the Sino-EU Clean Energy Center was set up in Beijing in 2009 in a joint effort to
develop clean energy technology and transfer Chinese economy to the low-carbon
pattern. The EU provided 10 million Euros, accounting for 75.47 % of the
funding.
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The China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy was
established in Huazhong University of Science and Technology with EU funding
of 10 million Euros. It aims to train engineering and policy-making talents by
recruiting 100 students annually beginning in 2011.
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There are other cooperation projects in the clean energy area. The financial
investment of EU member countries in China's energy sector was 238.2 million
Euros from 2000 to 2007. (Table
10.2
) Germany, Spain and Denmark, the pioneers
in the new energy sector, have invested the most in projects in the energy sector.
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10.3.2 Case 1 Near Zero Emissions Coal Project
Near Zero Emissions Coal Project(NZEC) is one of the Sino-EU Climate Change
Cooperation demonstration projects. According to the Sino-EU Near Zero
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Annual Work Programme For Grants of EC Delegation to China and Mongolia, 2008; website of
EU delegation to China
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/china/projects/list_of_projects/19218_
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Renming website: Financial Agreement on the Establishment of Sino-EU Research Institute for
Clean and Renewable Energy by EU Commission, Beijing, 2009.3.10.,
http://world.people.com.
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A core purpose of the energy assistance projects is to export the clean energy technologies and
products through the demonstrations.
