On July 6, 2017, Zero-carbon Development Institute was officially established by the units such as Yingli Group based on the national R & D platform. It aims to build a high-level research platform which integrates technology research and development, achievements transformation, technical service, standard output, talent training and international exchange. It is also zero-carbon research institute in the world.
Presently, the Paris Agreement has become the consensus of mankind. As a responsible great power, China takes the initiative to assume the responsibility of coping with global climate change. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee of the Party, it was put forward that China should continue to pursue green development, promote low-carbon cycle development, build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient modern energy system, and implement the near-zero-carbon emission zone demonstration project. In the construction planning of Xiong’an New Area, besides, it was emphasized that China should continue to give priority to ecological protection and pursue green development. Green, cycling, sustainable production and lifestyle have become the consensus of the whole people. In this context, Zero-carbon Development Institute came into being.
It is reported that with the support of the national R & D platform, such as State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials and Technology and National Energy Photovoltaic Technology Key Laboratory, the Research Institute has set up the institutions such as Zero-carbon Technology Research and Application Center, Zero-carbon Results Incubation and Transformation Center, Policy Planning and Standards Research Center and Training Center. Centering on the fields of zero-carbon energy, zero-carbon architecture, zero-carbon transport, zero-carbon agriculture, zero-carbon services, and zero-carbon life, the institute has carried out the researches of technology roadmap, technology development, technology integration and application and implemented the incubation, standard output and industrial application of the relevant results to promote the exchange and cooperation in zero-carbon technology.
The Institute has set up the Council and Committee of Experts, which is composed of renowned experts and research scholars of the industry. The Director of the Institute is Dr. Song Dengyuan, a specialist enjoying the special allowance of the State Council and director of State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials and Technology. With its technological advantages, talent advantages, results advantages, it builds a high-level research and production incubator platform. “In the future, Zero-carbon Development Institute will uphold the concept of development and cooperation, absorb capital and introduce intelligence, keep expanding the research field, and facilitate the development of global zero-carbon research career. The Research Institute will train professional talents in all fields, especially train for developing countries, related government agencies, industry organizations, and enterprises, and provide talents for the countries along "The Belt and Road" and even the world.” Dr. Song Dengyuan said, "In the future, we will develop the zero-carbon development direction and goals under the Paris Agreement, become the think-tank of international zero-carbon research, and become a global representative body of ‘zero-carbon, green, ecological, and sharing’.”
“The establishment of Zero-carbon Development Institute will have an important impact in all fields and industries. It will become an important support for the world’s green energy research and lead the arrival of a new era.”, according to Dr. Song Dengyuan. It is reported that presently the website of Zero-carbon Development Institute (www.zcrdi.com) has been formally launched. Meanwhile, the First Zero-carbon Development Seminar will be held in mid-August this year, and it will discuss the future development direction, research topic and operation mode of the Research Institute.
In addition, China's first zero-carbon city project will be officially unveiled at the seminar.