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General Electric said Tuesday it had signed a preliminary pact with China's largest coal company Shenhua Group to develop clean coal technology in the Asian giant.

He was speaking at the Clean Coal Technology summit organised by the Centre for Energy Studies and Research and the Centre for Fuel Studies and Research at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.

We will work together to provide China with the cutting-edge clean coal technology in order to help meet the country s growing demand for energy and chemicals in a more sustainable way," said Lim Haw-Kuang, executive chairman of Shell Companies in China.

Traditional coal has a high sulphur content, now banned by Europe, but clean coal technology can reduce emissions by 90 per cent and carbon dioxide by 10 per cent.

He was hopeful that work being done at Newcastle University into clean coal technology could play a "much bigger" role in future energy plans.

There are better ways states can continue environmental progress and address climate change without harming the economy, including increasing energy efficiency programs and funding advanced clean coal technology that can achieve real and measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions without putting Washington's economy at risk and forcing Washington families to face a huge increase in electricity costs.

The Arkansas Clean Coal Technology Conference will be held July 17-18 at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope.

He said Britain would need to forge links with China and India to encourage the use of clean coal technology among some of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases.