Britain has teamed up with two oil-rich Gulf states to secure a mix of reliable and green energy supplies for the UK and which could see hundreds of millions of pounds pumped into the green energy revolution.

The announcements were made during a visit to the Gulf by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband.

They include:

* A Memorandum of Understanding signed today between the UK and Masdar (the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company), to develop renewable energy and low carbon technology such as wind, carbon capture and storage, as well as solar and marine energy

* A new £250 million partnership between Qatar and the United Kingdom to help British companies develop groundbreaking clean green technology, to be run by the Carbon Trust

The agreements form part of the UK's efforts to diversify its energy supplies and tackle climate change by promoting a global move towards renewable and low carbon technology.

 

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