AsianScientist (Aug. 6, 2012) – The University of Leeds and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have established a joint research institute to develop next generation energy storage systems.
Formally opened on July 25, 2012, the Beijing-based institute has an overall budget of £4 million and is a collaboration between the Institute of Particle Science & Engineering at the University of Leeds and the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The new institute will focus on thermal and mechanical based energy storage technologies to overcome problems of peak demand on electricity grids, and how best to store excess energy generated from wind or solar generation.
Nearly 50 researchers will work on 20 research projects funded by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Natural Science Foundation, the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, Highview Power Storage Ltd (UK), BaoSteel (China), and AnSteel (China).
One of the first activities of the joint institute will be to set up a scheme which will allow Ph.D. students at the Institute to move between Leeds and Beijing.
“This is an exciting and long-term opportunity which will help to secure our research into novel energy storage technologies over both the medium and long term,” said University of Leeds’ Professor Yulong Ding, who will be the first director of the joint research institute.
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Source: University of Leeds.
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