| Name |
Type |
Description |
UK Contact Point |
| High stability and high efficiency printable photovoltaics(OPV)for large-scale energy production (EPSRC funded UK-China Energy Awards) | Collaborative projects | The Research Councils’ Energy Programme wishes to develop collaborative projects in the fields of energy technologies, hydrogen and fuel cells as a key component of its strategy to foster closer scientific, technological and engineering links with China. | Prof DDC Bradley, Imperial College London |
| Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of High-temperature Thermal Energy Stores for Use with Solar Power Plants (EPSRC funded UK-China Energy Awards) | Collaborative projects | The Research Councils’ Energy Programme wishes to develop collaborative projects in the fields of energy technologies, hydrogen and fuel cells as a key component of its strategy to foster closer scientific, technological and engineering links with China. | Dr CY Zhao, University of Warwick |
| Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan | Technology Agreements | We must make low-carbon technologies affordable and competitive a market choice. This is the core idea behind the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan | Prof Nicola Pearsall, University of Northumbria |
| European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) | | The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) is the world’s largest industry association devoted to the solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity market. The association aims to promote PV at national, European and worldwide levels and to assist its members in their business development in both the European Union and export markets. | |
| Solar Europe Industry Initiative (SEII) | | The Solar Europe Industry Initiative (SEII) describes the strategic RD&D components of “SET For 2020”, which are essential to enable rapid, large-scale deployment of PV at minimum cost and maximum benefit for society. Besides the efforts of the PV sector, the success of other Industry Initiatives under the SET-Plan (e.g. Electricity Grid Initiative) as well as the development of other technologies (electricity storage, electrical vehicles, demand side management, etc.) are essential for the success of the SEII. | Mr Steve Martin, DECC
and Prof Nicola Pearsall , University of Northumbria |
| UK China | Collaborative Projects | UK-China Joint Research Consortium on Sustainable Electric Power Supply is sponsored by the UK EPSRC. The Consortium includes researchers from 5 UK universities and 13 Chinese institutions to carry out collaborative research focusing on sustainable security of electric power supply system’s considering renewable technologies. Two key objectives of the Consortium are: (1) To produce significant research advances in the field of sustainable security through joint research projects that combine complementary expertise’s of researchers of the Consortium from both countries; (2) To provide a mechanism for early and efficient cross-dissemination of the results of the research carried out in both countries by linking SUPERGEN with the nationally funded “973” and “National Key Research Program” research programmes in China. | EPSRC |
| UK India | Collaborative Projects | This network aims to generate collaborative UK, India and Sri Lanka research and business development in low carbon technology. This project strand will provide opportunities and networking events to share ideas and to build capacity, competitions for the young low carbon scientist and the young low carbon entrepreneur of the year. | EPSRC |
| EERA European Energy Research Alliance | Collaborative Projects | EERA is an alliance of leading organizations in the field of energy research. EERA aims to strengthen, expand and optimize EU energy research capabilities through the sharing of world-class national facilities in Europe and the joint realization of pan-European research programmes (EERA Joint Programmes). The primary focus of EERA is to accelerate the development of energy technologies to the point where they can be embedded in industry driven research. In order to achieve this goal, EERA streamlines and coordinates national and European energy and R&D programmes. | Prof Ralph Gottschalg, CREST |
