Swedish PM to meet Bush in May for energy talks

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will meet US President Bush in Washington on May 15 for talks on alternative energy sources, the Swedish government said on Friday.

Two cooperation agreements are expected to be signed between Sweden and the United States, US ambassador to Sweden Michael Wood told Swedish news agency TT.

The first concerns a collaboration between universities, researchers and businesses on alternative energy sources. The second covers biofuels research.

According to Wood, five energy collaboration projects could receive US funding. One of those is the company Swedish Biofuels, whose ethanol for airplanes has caught the interest of the US Department of Defence.

AFP