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附加值产品。这将消除进入供应链的新的化石碳，并从废流甚至大气中消除二氧化碳(主要温室气体之一)。它可以被认为是二氧化碳的化学储存。这可能是从短期到长期存储的任何地方，具体取决于产品。CO2Chem网络成立于2010年，是EPSRC在物理科学方面的重大挑战之一。它已经从英国国内的80个初始成员发展到2016年全球超过1100个成员。与同时成立的其他大挑战网络一样，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。新提案寻求在这些专业知识的基础上，帮助成员国在2019年之前发展他们的研究、合作和资金；2019年是财政上持续的联盟将生效的关键一年，英国可能也将在2019年退出欧盟。因此，我们会与各位议员探讨在全球经济体系内运作的需要。我们将特别与全球挑战研究基金相关的国家发展联系，建立新的合作市场。重点将放在通过推出研究人员暑期学校、加强早期职业研究人员活动和新的种子奖战略，在基辅大学发展一个强大的研究基地。我们还将与政府大力合作，将CDU确立为一项关键的工业和环境战略，特别是考虑到CCU项目的商业化在相当长的未来已经被英国政府放弃。我们将与学术界-产业界-政府的三重螺旋合作，制定战略和政策，通过将基础、发现级的CDU项目转化为商业化来发展这些项目。

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.