Xinhua News Agency Berlin, October 4 (Reporter Li Chao) German Prime Minister Scholz and Dutch Prime Minister Rutt held a meeting in Berlin on the 4th. The two sides agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries in wind energy, hydrogen energy, and other fields to jointly promote climate neutrality goals.
According to an announcement released by the German government, Scholz, Rutt and the two cabinet members held climate-themed talks in Berlin that day. The two countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas such as hydrogen energy infrastructure, and explore the promotion of the construction of offshore wind farms in the North Sea of Europe, and jointly contribute to encourage green hydrogen energy technology innovation.
Scholz said at a joint press conference that the most urgent task is to ensure energy security. Germany has taken measures such as restarting coal-fired power plants, extending the use of nuclear power, and diversifying the import sources of natural gas in terms of energy supply, but it must consider the issue of energy prices to ensure energy affordability. Therefore, Germany must accelerate the development of renewable energy.
Rutt said at the press conference that The Netherlands and Germany have had particularly close energy cooperation in the past year, and in the future, the two sides will continue to cooperate in in-depth on energy transformation and energy security.
Since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, due to the backlash effect of EU on Russia, Europe's energy supply is tight and natural gas and electricity prices soar, resulting in the overall inflation level remain high, putting pressure on the European economy.
(Xinhuanet)
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