CO2Chem Network: Establishing the UK as World Leaders in Carbon Dioxide Utilisation

二氧化碳利用（CDU）是将二氧化碳废物转化为增值产品。这可以消除进入供应链的新的化石碳，并从废物流甚至大气中去除二氧化碳（主要温室气体之一）。它可以被认为是二氧化碳的化学储存。根据产品的不同，这可能是短期到长期的储存。CO2Chem网络成立于2010年，是EPSRC物理科学大挑战之一。2016年，该协会从英国的80家会员发展到全球的1100多家会员。与同期建立的其他大挑战网络一致，我们希望将资金延长到2019年，之后该网络将成为一个完全可持续的英国协会。CO2Chem非常成功，现在是CDU的首要网络。新提案旨在以这一专业知识为基础，帮助成员在2019年发展他们的研究、合作和资金；在这关键的一年里，财政上可持续的联盟将生效，英国也有可能退出欧盟。因此，我们将与各成员探讨在全球经济中运作的需要。特别是，我们将与与全球挑战研究基金有联系的国家建立联系，以建立新的合作市场。重点将放在通过引入研究人员暑期学校，加强早期职业研究人员活动和新的种子奖战略，在基德盟发展强大的研究基础上。我们还将与政府密切合作，将CDU建立为关键的工业和环境战略，特别是考虑到英国政府在相当长的一段时间内已经放弃了CCU项目的商业化。我们将与学术界-工业界-政府的三重螺旋合作，为基础的、发现级的基民盟项目的发展制定战略和政策，并将其转化为商业化。

Carbon Dioxide Utilisation (CDU) is the transformation of carbon dioxide waste in to value added products. This has the effect of eliminating new fossil carbon entering the supply chain and removing the CO2 (one of the main greenhouse gases) from waste streams or even the atmosphere. It can be considered as chemical storage of the CO2. This may be anywhere from short- to long-term storage depending on the product. The CO2Chem Network was established in 2010 as one of the EPSRC Grand Challenges in Physical Sciences. It has grown from 80 initial members within the UK to over 1,100 worldwide in 2016. In line with the other Grand Challenge Networks established at the same time, we are looking to extend funding to 2019, after which the network will become fully sustainable as a UK association. CO2Chem has been highly successful and is now the premier network for CDU. The new proposal seeks to build on this expertise and help members develop their research, collaborations and funding towards 2019; a pivotal year when the financially sustained association will come into effect and when the UK will potentially leave the European Union. We will therefore explore with members the needs for operation within a global economy. In particular we will develop links with countries linked to the Global Challenges Research Fund to establish new markets for collaboration.Emphasis will be placed on developing a strong research base in CDU through the introduction of Summer Schools for Researchers, enhanced Early Career Researcher events and a new Seedcorn Award strategy. We will also engage strongly with government to establish CDU as a key industrial and environmental strategy, especially given that CCU project commercialisation has been abandoned by UK government for the considerable future. We will work with the triple helix of academia-industry-government to develop strategies and policies for the development of fundamental, discovery level CDU projects through their translation towards commercialisation.