GLOBAL - Sustainable Energy through China-UK Research Engagement (SECURE)

为了减少全球温室气体排放，并实现英国到2050年减排80%的承诺，有必要在高效，清洁和安全的能源转换和使用方面取得重大进展。只有集中国际努力，并将“最好的”人才、设施和设备聚集在一起，以应对这一全球性挑战，这些进步才能实现。为了解决全球温室气体排放问题，发达国家和发展中/新兴经济体国家（如中国）之间的合作是必要和重要的，以帮助他们控制和减少温室气体排放和快速增长的能源消耗。2010年，中国成为全球第二大经济体，在能源使用和温室气体排放方面也超过了美国（约100亿美元）。20%的全球最终能源消耗）。预计这种情况将继续增长，这不仅是中国的担忧，也是英国和世界其他地区的担忧。在过去的几十年里，中国已经认识到这种情况是不可持续的，他们已经投入巨资，在清洁能源相关研究的能力上做出了重大改变，并采取了重大措施来解决供应安全问题。对研究密集型大学和国家研究所进行了大量投资，从而发展了国际领先的研究小组，目前拥有一些最好的设施和设备。中英两国的科研合作具有重要的战略意义，也是互利共赢的。中英科研合作促进可持续能源项目（SECURE）将研究创新的可持续能源解决方案，以应对这些挑战，并将汇集国际研究人员的合作团队，这些研究人员在广泛的互补学科领域，包括工程，自然科学和社会科学。这将通过加强现有的研究合作，并在约瑟夫·斯旺爵士能源研究中心（SWAN）与中国一些领先的研究人员和卓越中心之间建立新的参与活动来实现。在参与方面，目标是促进英国和中国优秀研究团队之间的长期合作，并确保项目期间的双向知识转移。其目的是协调有针对性的研究和参与，以解决建立在卓越能力基础上的一些重要挑战主题。该项目的具体目标是协调10个研究团队，这些团队来自SWAN最优秀的研究团队和中国少数优秀的研究团队。通过一系列由研讨会支持的研究活动，以及员工，博士后和学生交流等网络活动，SWAN和中国合作机构之间的研究合作将得到加强。这一参与将按主题进行管理，并涉及为解决安全、清洁和高效能源转换和使用所面临的具体研究挑战而制定的活动。

In order to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, and to meet the UK's commitment of reduction of 80% by 2050, it is necessary make major advances in efficient, clean and secure energy conversion and use. These advances will only be realised if concentrated international effort is made and the 'best' minds, facilities and equipment are brought together to tackle this global challenge. In order to tackle global greenhouse gas emissions, it is necessary and important to develop collaborations between developed countries and developing/emerging economic countries, such as China, to help them control and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and their rapidly increasing energy consumption. In 2010, China became the 2nd largest global economy and also overtook the US in terms of energy use and greenhouse gas emitter (approx. 20% global final energy consumption). The projection is for this to continue to grow and this is a concern not only China but to the UK and the rest of the world. Over the last few decades China has acknowledge that this situation is not sustainable and they have invested heavily to make a step change in their capability in clean energy related research and taking significant measures to address security of supply. Large investment has been made in their research intensive universities and national institutes resulting in the development of internationally leading research groups with some of the best facilities and equipment now in place. Collaboration and research engagement between the China and the UK is strategically important and mutually beneficial.The Sustainable Energy through China-UK Research Engagement (SECURE) project will research innovative sustainable energy solutions to address these challenges and will bring together collaborating teams of international researchers with significant experience and expertise in a wide range of complimentary disciplines spanning engineering, physical science and social science. This will be achieved by strengthening existing research collaborations and also building new engagement activities between the Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research (SWAN) and a number of leading researchers and centres of excellence in China. In engagement terms, the objective is to foster long-term collaboration between outstanding research teams in the UK and China and to ensure there is a two way transfer of knowledge during the project. The aim is to coordinate targeted research and engagement addressing a number of important challenge themes building on exceptional capability. The specific objectives of the project will be to coordinate 10 research teams, brought together from the best research groups in SWAN with those from a limited number of outstanding research groups in China.Enhanced research engagement between SWAN and the collaborating Institutions in China will be achieved through a series of research activities supported by workshops, and networking activities such as staff, postdoctoral and student exchanges. This engagement will be managed thematically and involve activities formulated to address specific research challenges facing secure, clean and efficient energy conversion and use.