Capacity building for sustainable energy systems Dr. Walter Mérida PPhys., PEng. Director, Clean Energy Research Centre 2260 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada UBC
The university as an innovation hub Vancouver (1908) UBC 402 hectares 4,000 professors 54,000 students Vehicular fleet Grids (electricity and gas) Tech transfer Industrial collaboration Incubators 130 spin offs Okanagan (2005) Sustainable UBC Currently not led or represented by APSC 2
Challenge: reduce GHGs and simultaneously 2001: ~10,000 7,000 students 700 faculty & staff 1,700 families 2010: ~16,500 8,500 Students 1,900 Faculty/ Staff Rental 6,000 Family/ Co-Development (2,100 are affiliated) 2025: ~30,000 14,000 Students 3,300 Faculty/Staff Rental 12,800 Family Housing/Co-Development (4,750 are affiliated) 3
Solution: campus as a living lab Bio Energy Energy Storage Electric Vehicle Converged Networks Biomass to Hydrogen Underway ------------------------------------ Developing ------------------------------------ Emerging 4
Bioenergy facility 5
Converged networks Power over ethernet (60 W, 120 W) 6
Clean energy research centre: 3 pillars research (Clean Tech) training (CEEN program) Launched in 2009 First of its kind in Canada Applied education in clean energy technology Interdisciplinary Paid coop term (optional) Renewable Energy Biofuels and Bio-feedstock Non-Renewable Energy Energy Conversion Energy Storage Energy Materials Energy Related Emissions Water Purification Power Transmission and Control Energy Efficiency and Conservation Energy & Economic Analysis Policy and Social Analysis (USI) Natural gas engines Hydrogen Fuel cells innovation (commercialisation) Spin-offs Incubation Industrial projects On campus projects International collaborations Donors Outreach 7
International research (why international?) Partners provide bridging support Avoid redundant efforts Standarisation Market access & localization Premier Christy Clark and Marcus Breitschwerdt President and CEO, Mercedes-Benz 8
Partnerships: people + time + funding Thomas Dickert at UBC (International Business Development FhG) Sabbatical (Mérida) PROPOSED RESEARCH Student exchanges First UBC Fraunhofer collaboration PEM-Ca-D 2009 Q1 Q2 Q3 2010 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2011 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2012 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Biomass to energy Fuel cells Electrolysis 2013 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2014 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2015 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 HyFC workshop 2009 (Vancouver, May 26-29, 2012) MCCS: UBC FhG ISE joint platform (First in the world) Research workshop (Vancouver, February 9-10, 2012) MOU signed (Berlin, March 8, 2012) 9
If maintained partnerships tend to grow 3 Institutes UMSICHT Itzehoe C E R C Clean Energy Research Centre biomass Rostock electrolysis Bremen Hannover + Berlin Teltow Golm Braunschweig Oberhausen Paderborn Magdeburg Cottbus Dortmund Halle Leipzig Duisburg Schmallenberg Schkopau Dresden St. Augustin Aachen Jena Euskirchen Chemnitz Ilmenau Darmstadt Würzburg Kaiserslautern Erlangen St. Ingbert Nürnberg Saarbrücken Pfinztal Karlsruhe Freising Stuttgart München Freiburg Holzkirchen Efringen-Kirchen ISE IWU = solar fuel cells wind 10
Training: MEng Programs MECH CERC Clean Energy Engineering CEEN Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering NAME 11
CEEN MEng program Industry sponsored Revenue positive Over-subscribed 85% employment 12
Replicate elsewhere? 13
A possible mechanism IDRC application (5 yrs) CERC + non Canadian partner Years 1-2: capacity building ( training ( teach the teachers ) curriculum development partnership development (industry/government) Years 3-5: deployment Master s program in clean energy (12-18 months) Coop (paid) project/internship Industrial project 14
Thank you. Dr. Walter Mérida PPhys., PEng. Director, Clean energy Research Centre 6250 Applied Science Lane Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone +1 604 822 4189 Fax +1 604 822 2403 walter.merida@ubc.ca 15