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Business Forum of Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation, at Palace of Parliament

August 21, 2024

Senior representatives from the public and private energy sector are meeting on Tuesday at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest at the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) Business Forum and the Green Cities Alliance event to discuss energy security, energy transition, infrastructure projects and how cities are implementing strategies to accelerate clean paths.The events take place during the fifth meeting of the P-TECC, organized by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Romanian Ministry of Energy and the Atlantic Council, and will continue on Wednesday with a ministerial meeting, which will focus on the role of industrial policy in achieving our transatlantic energy security and climate goals.Among the speakers who confirmed their presence, there are prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, the secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, Romanian minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, the undersecretary of state for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State, Bonnie Jenkins, the undersecretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce, Marisa Lago, the Polish minister of Industry, Marzena Czarnecka, the Ukrainian minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, the Moldovan minister of Energy, Victor Parlicov, Kamil Sasko, the Slovakian first secretary of state at the Ministry of Economy, Kamil Sasko, the Greek minister of Environment and Energy, Theodoros Skylakakis, etc.  

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