On November 14, 2011, The “Frontier Sciences” Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. regarding the research and development of low carbon energy technologies, followed by the Signing Ceremony of the Four-Party Collaboration Agreement on the joint development of new-generation clean energy among SARI, Shenhua Group, Lu'An Group and Shell.
Dr. JIANG Mianheng, Vice President of CAS and President of CAS Shanghai Branch, held meetings with top management teams of Shell, Shenhua Group and Lu'An Group before the Ceremony and emphasized that energy development is closely related with national economy, people’s livelihood and strategic security. The innovative R&D and cooperation between institutes and industry should be encouraged to better solve the problem of technology industrialization as well as contribute more to national energy development.
Dr. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI, hosted the meeting, and Dr. FENG Songlin, President of SARI, signed the agreement on behalf of SARI. According to the Agreement, the four parties will focus on the research and development of high performance nanocatalysts, aiming to control and evaluate catalysts' performance on a nanometer scale. The implementation of the project will help improve efficiency and reduce carbon emission, which also demonstrated SARI's certain international influence in the field of clean energy research.
Dr. LIU Guiju, Deputy Director of Bureau of High-Tech Research and Development, CAS, remarked in her address that the Four-Party Collaboration was in line with the concept that research and development should be combined with upstream and downstream value chain CAS advocated for years, and believed that this collaboration will help contribute to energy security, environment protection and energy efficiency.
Dr. LI Jinping, Board Chairman of Lu’An Group, appreciated SARI for providing an international platform for high-level innovation and cooperation, and believed that the four-party collaboration will be “joint efforts, joint fruits and win-win partnership”.
Dr. ZHANG Yuzhuo, General Manager of Shenhua Group, pointed out in his speech that the collaboration would help to reduce our dependence on oil and achieve efficient conversion and clean utilization of coal and natural gas resources. Dr. ZHANG also expressed that Shenhua Group would leverage SARI’s R&D platform to conduct strategic cooperation with CAS on clean energy.
Mr. Gerald Schotman, Chief Technology Officer of Shell, mentioned in his speech that the world is facing opportunities and challenges. Technology will help meet the challenges and only through collaboration can we advance the development of technologies. Shell appreciated the cooperation with SARI, Shenhua and Lu’An, and believed that this joint effort will push the technology forward to meet new energy challenges.
ZHU Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of CAS Shanghai Branch; SUN Xidong, Vice President of Shanghai Alliance Investment and researchers from Bureau of High-Tech Research and Development, CAS Shanghai Branch and Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center of SARI witnessed the Signing Ceremony.
