BP calls for energy efficiency in China

Energy efficiency and conservation have never been more important than now for China, which has a growing need for energy and faces rising oil prices on the international market, said BP Group Vice-President Gary Dirks yesterday.

"Rising international energy prices make the issue of sustainable energy consumption and sustainable growth all the more important this year Sustainable energy consumption and economic growth are global issues that need global solutions," Dirks said at the launch of BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008 in Beijing.

"At company level, I see the need for new forms of partnership and collaboration, including in commercializing and developing new technologies for clean energy," he said.