Exchange & Visit

Delegation from PNNL Visited SARI
date: 2010-09-20
Shanghai, China – September 17, 2010 – Dr. Chuck Peden, Interim Director of the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis (IIC) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Dr. George Muntean, Director of Transportation Program and Energy Conversion Initiative and Dr. Yong Wang, Associate Director of IIC, visited Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Professor Yuhan Sun, Vice Director of SARI, had a friendly meeting with the delegates. Prof. Xinhe Bao, Director of CAS Shenyang Branch and Member of the CAS and Dr. Yizhuo Han from the Institute for Coal Chemistry (ICC) and Deputy General Manager of Clean Energy Commercialization Company, also attended the meeting.
In 2007, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), ICC and PNNL jointly established the International Consortium for Clean Energy (ICCE) to develop innovative technologies for producing clean energy from coal. During this meeting, all parties from ICCE discussed the future development direction of ICCE. Dr. Lin Gao, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department of SARI, made a presentation on SARI’s current status and future development plan, focusing on the research initiatives of Energy and Environment area. All participating parties agree that SARI’s research areas fit perfectly into ICCE’s development plan, and agree to add SARI as a member of the ICCE.
Prof. Yuhan Sun expressed that SARI would actively promote the development of ICCE, and would collaborate with the other parties on clean energy researches, especially on areas such as CO2 utilization, new material energy and energy storage, aiming to promote the energy collaboration between China and US.
After the meeting, the delegates from PNNL visited the construction site of the Pudong Science and Technology Park.