Strategic University Network to Revolutionise Indian Solar Energy (SUNRISE)

2016年11月，英国政府向印度派遣了一个技术贸易代表团。在这次访问中，代表团目睹了德里历史上最严重的空气污染。空气质量有时会受到污染，每立方米的颗粒物达到999毫克，几乎是炼铁焦炉的五倍！印度最早可能在2030年成为世界上最大的经济体，这需要能源发电的全面转型。在贸易峰会上，莫迪总理详细阐述了印度超越其他国家对化石燃料依赖的愿景，利用全球科学在当地实施。因此，日出的时机再好不过了。SUNRISE是一个雄心勃勃的项目，旨在快速加速和证明低成本印刷光伏和串联太阳能电池在项目生命周期内用于离网印度社区。SUNRISE将联合世界领先的英国研究团队，包括帝国理工学院（Durrant/Nelson）、剑桥大学（Friend）、牛津大学（Snaith）、重要的印英研究领导者（布鲁内尔大学的Uppadaya）、国际领先的光伏扩展活动（斯万西大学的SPECIFIC IKC（沃斯利/沃森））和印度主要机构，包括印度理工学院德里（Dutta/Pathak）、德里国家物理实验室（昌德，古普塔）、CSIR海德拉巴（Giribabu, Narayan）、浦那工业学院（Ogale）、印度理工学院坎普尔（Garg，古普塔）。可扩展且稳定的低成本金属光伏产品的研究影响将通过在五个离网村庄社区（每个社区最多20000人）进行技术示范来支持。EPSRC JUICE财团将支持系统集成和电力存储元件，利用当地制造供应链（Tata Cleantech Capital和Tata Trust）创建真正的技术演示。除了电力基础设施之外，SUNRISE的合作伙伴关系还包括农业/作物废物气化活动（2016年11月德里令人难以置信的污染的主要原因），SPECIFIC IKC将通过与盖茨基金会的一个相关项目支持光催化水净化的实际现场演示。该项目的一个关键驱动力不仅是在实际示范点进行技术演示，而且是通过创建工业博士课程，模仿1992年由EPSRC启动并在斯旺西率先启动的英国工程博士课程的成功，创造更好的印度工业/机构合作的遗产。

In November 2016 the UK Government mounted a technical trade mission to India. During this visit the delegation witnessed some of the worst aerial pollution in Delhi's history. At times the air quality was contaminated with 999 mg per cubic metre of particulates almost five times the emission consent of an iron making coke oven! India will be the World's largest economy potentially as early as 2030 requiring a total transformation in energy generation. At the Trade summit Prime Minister Modi detailed a vision for India to leapfrog other countries reliance on fossil fuels harnessing global science implemented locally. As such the timing of SUNRISE could not be better. SUNRISE is an ambitious programme to rapidly accelerate and prove low cost printed PV and tandem solar cells for use in off grid Indian communities within the lifetime of the project. SUNRISE will combine world leading UK research teams from Imperial (Durrant/Nelson), Cambridge (Friend), Oxford (Snaith) a key Indo UK research leader (Uppadaya at Brunel) with an internationally leading photovoltaic scaling activity (SPECIFIC IKC at Swansea University (Worsley/Watson)) and key Indian institutions notably IIT Delhi (Dutta/Pathak), NPL Delhi (Chand, Gupta), CSIR Hydrabad (Giribabu, Narayan), IISER Pune (Ogale), IIT Kanpur (Garg, Gupta). The research impact of scaleable and stable low cost metal mounted PV products will be supported by technology demonstration at five off grid village communities (each of up to 20000 people). The EPSRC JUICE consortium will support the systems integration and electrical storage elements to create real technology demonstrators using local manufacturing supply chains (Tata Cleantech Capital and Tata Trust). In addition to electrical infrastructure the SUNRISE partnership includes activity on gasification of farming/crop wastes (a major cause of the incredible pollution in Delhi in November 2016) and the SPECIFIC IKC will support the practical on site demonstration of photocatalytic water purification using a linked programme with the Gates' Foundation. A key driver for this project is not only demonstration of technology in real demonstration sites but the creation of a legacy of better Indian Industry/Institution collaboration through the creation of an Industrial Doctorate programme modelled on the success of the UK EngD programme started by EPSRC in 1992 and pioneered at Swansea.