By William James
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s energy minister is visiting Beijing on Friday to discuss climate and energy issues, hoping that re-engaging with China – both the world’s largest carbon emitter and supplier of renewable energy infrastructure – will bring economic benefits.
Ed Miliband will meet Chinese energy and environment ministers during his March 14-17 visit and launch a framework for climate talks that would see his counterparts from Beijing visit London later this year, the government said in a statement.
Miliband will seek to update a decade-old clean energy partnership with China, outlining areas where Britain wants to collaborate, including carbon capture and storage technology and hydrogen power generation.
Britain is hoping its target to shift almost entirely to clean energy sources by the end of the decade will benefit from closer ties with China, which is the largest global supplier of, and investor in,…
