Accelerating Canada's Global Impact in Energy through Research, Leadership and Innovation

阿尔伯塔大学（UofA）利用其在研究活动中选择性和战略性投资的悠久而成功的历史，将自己定位为世界上最好的机构之一，在加拿大和全球范围内推进知识，开发技术解决方案，改善环境绩效，创造社会和经济影响。UofA主导着加拿大的能源相关研究，拥有独特的人才、资源、与工业界、学术界和国际合作伙伴的联系。它在向可持续能源过渡所需的领域也具有优势，并在当前和未来能源系统的经济、社会和人类驱动因素方面表现出领导作用。CFREF为UofA提供了成为未来能源系统负责任发展的全球领导者的机会。拟议中的未来能源系统研究所（FESRI）将通过整合UofA能源研究领域非凡的现有团队的努力，扩大关键领域的跨学科合作，并通过将能源生产作为一个系统来解决，而不是一系列不连续的挑战，来推动这一机会。加拿大制造的解决方案——在非常规石油、智能电网和可再生能源先进材料等关键应用领域的创新——可以出口到国际。FESRI将招募和培训下一代领导者，他们将提供负责任的碳氢化合物资源开发和创新，使加拿大顺利过渡到低碳能源经济。

The University of Alberta (UofA) has used its long, successful history of selective and strategic investments in research activities to position itself among the very best institutions in the world at advancing knowledge, developing technological solutions, improving environmental performance, and creating social and economic impact in Canada and globally. The UofA dominates energy-related research in Canada, and has a unique breadth of talent, resources, connections to industry and academia, and international partners. It also has strengths in areas that are needed to transition towards sustainable sources of energy and has demonstrated leadership in the economic, social, and human drivers of current and future energy systems. CFREF presents the UofA with the opportunity to become the global leader in the responsible development of future energy systems. The proposed Future Energy Systems Research Institute (FESRI) will drive this opportunity by integrating the efforts of the extraordinary existing teams in energy research at the UofA, expanding interdisciplinary collaborations in key areas, and by addressing energy production as a system, rather than a series of discontinuous challenges. Made-in-Canada solutions-innovations in key application areas such as unconventional oil, smart electrical grids, and advanced materials for renewable energy-can be exported internationally. FESRI will recruit and train the next-generation leaders who will provide the vision and innovation to responsibly develop Canada's hydrocarbon resources and enable a smooth transition to a lower carbon energy economy.