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05/11/2010
US Energy Secretary Greeted By Taoiseach
The Irish Premier, Brian Cowen has this week met with the United States Energy Secretary Stephen Chu.
The Taoiseach held the meeting in Government Buildings and warmly greeted Mr Chu, who won a share in the Nobel Prize in Physics for work related to 'cooling and trapping atoms with laser light' before being appointed to his current position by President Barrack Obama.
Mr Cowen and Mr Chu met for about 30 minutes during which they discussed a range of issues related to energy and climate change.
Among the issues raised were renewable energy, energy security, US policy on energy, climate change and the technological challenges posed by the search for sustainable use or energy technology such as electric cars.
Mr Chu then held a special meeting in Government Buildings attended by many key representatives from the energy sector in Ireland.
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan hosted the meeting on 'Clean Energy; the Next Industrial Revolution'.
(BMcC/GK)
The Taoiseach held the meeting in Government Buildings and warmly greeted Mr Chu, who won a share in the Nobel Prize in Physics for work related to 'cooling and trapping atoms with laser light' before being appointed to his current position by President Barrack Obama.
Mr Cowen and Mr Chu met for about 30 minutes during which they discussed a range of issues related to energy and climate change.
Among the issues raised were renewable energy, energy security, US policy on energy, climate change and the technological challenges posed by the search for sustainable use or energy technology such as electric cars.
Mr Chu then held a special meeting in Government Buildings attended by many key representatives from the energy sector in Ireland.
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan hosted the meeting on 'Clean Energy; the Next Industrial Revolution'.
(BMcC/GK)
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