26 November 2014
US-China Clean Energy Research Center Highlights Achievements in 2013-2014
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The US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) has published its third annual report, which outlines the Center's accomplishments over the past 15 months and provides an outlook for the future.

ccercNovember 2014: The US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) has published its third annual report, which outlines the Center’s accomplishments over the past 15 months and provides an outlook for the future.

Covering the period from 30 June 2013 through 30 September 2014, the ‘CERC Annual Report 2013-2014′ provides: highlights of the Center’s achievements in numbers; summaries and snapshots of work by the Center’s consortia on building energy efficiency, advanced coal technology and clean vehicles; overviews of the Center’s work in protection of intellectual property (IP) and with industry partners; and a description on the “path forward.”

On key achievements, the report highlights, inter alia: engagement with 132 businesses and research partners on 58 joint projects; sharing of expertise by more than 1,000 scientists; contributions by governments and partners of at least US$15 million per year; and sharing of information through the CERC IP framework.

On the path forward, the report notes that US and Chinese leaders are preparing for a second five-year phase for the Center, starting from 2016, and outlines as CERC’s goals for future work: moving more technologies to market for a measurable reduction in emissions; strengthening research under the existing tracks; developing relationships with new contributing business partners; deepening the Center’s IP programme; and creating new market opportunities for companies from both countries, building economies of scale, and ensuring that the US and China remain leaders in clean energy technology innovation.

In addition, CERC has launched technical factsheets describing the research and development (R&D) projects the Center’s three Consortia, on Building Energy Efficiency, Advanced Coal Technology and Clean Vehicles.

CERC was launched in November 2009 by US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang, and Chinese National Energy Agency Administrator Zhang Guobao. The Center has a five-year budget, for the period from 2011-2015, of at least US$150 million, coming from public and private sources and with each country contributing half of the budget.

CERC works through: business partnering; identifying paths to commercialization; and seeking means for facilitating widespread technology deployment, and focuses on three priority areas, namely buildings, coal and vehicles, with the ultimate aim of placing the US and China on a path to low energy intensity and high energy efficiency. CERC is governed by a steering committee composed of ministers from the US and China, and comprises high-level US and Chinese secretariats, and research consortia and executive committees in the three technical areas. [CERC Publication Webpage] [Publication: CERC Annual Report 2013-2014] [CERC Publications]

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