Increasing the utilisation efficiency of both traditional and renewable energy resources is the key to solving the current challenges of the energy crisis and climate change. As frontrunners of the low-carbon economy, the United Kingdom has proposed that the electricity sector should be almost entirely decarbonised by 2030. This is at a time when the Chinese government have promised to cut greenhouse gas emission per unit of gross domestic product by 40-45% by 2020 based on the level in 2005.
The main focus of discussion from the first UK-China symposium on Clean Energy Utilisation (SCEU) and the 2nd UK-China forum on Energy Storage (FSU) centred around:
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clean energy harvest
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energy materials and processes
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energy efficiency enhancement
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energy storage
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efficient energy utilisation
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energy demand reduction
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distributed and centralised energy systems
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energy market and opportunities.
As an inheritance of the previous events, this year the Birmingham Energy Institute’s Centre for Energy Storage is delighted to host the 2nd UK-China SCEU and FSU. This joint event will continue to provide a platform for early career researchers from both China and the UK to share their research progress on the above areas, promote their career development, and establish new and sustained links between both countries. The event is expected to benefit both countries economically and socially due to their complementarity technical skill sets, market opportunities, and funds.
The joint event will be held from 7 to the 9 August 2019 with around 80 participants to be invited from across 50 institutions in the UK and China. The event will be co-chaired by:
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Professor Yulong Ding, University of Birmingham
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Professor Yimin Xuan Nanjing, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Professor Hongguang Jin, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Professor Haisheng Chen, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of Chinese Academy of Sciences
The 2nd UK-China SCEU and FSU is supported by The British Council, National Science Foundation of China, The UK-China Engineering Consortium, International Energy Storage Alliance and University of Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage.