Queensland and German state work together on energy solutions
Queensland has signed an agreement with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to work together on projects to drive change in the energy sector.
The deal has been signed in Dusseldorf by Queensland’s Climate Change and Sustainability Minister, Kate Jones, and North Rhine Westphalia’s State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Energy, Dr Jens Baganz.
Ms Jones says the aim of the agreement is to speed up the delivery of outcomes by committing both governments to a number of specific projects. She says research institutes in each state have been investigating areas of cooperation such as coal gasification and carbon capture and storage.
The two governments will jointly fund and exchange program aimed at sharing the technical and engineering skills needed to commercially demonstrate clean coal technologies and equip energy networks into the future.
Ms Jones says North Rhine Westphalia faces many of the same challenges as Queensland in reducing emissions – it is Germany’s most energy intensive state and its largest producer of black coal.
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