Building on the successful experience of the construction and development of Germany’s Fraunhofer Institutes, the Research Center for Zero-carbon Energy Systems aims to chart a new course from the original technical innovation to the application and conversion of its achievements.

In the era where China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality industry will usher in a burst of growth, the center focuses on the quality improvement and upgrading of the economic industry, as well as a long-term stable supply system of energy and power systems based on the domestic great circulation. A forward-looking layout is achieved by the center through pivoting around “one topic” of technological innovation driving the energy revolution, highlighting “two key themes” of scientific research innovation and achievement conversion, and meeting “three standards” of future industries, emerging markets, and core technologies. The center conducts industrial research and development, application, and conversion within the “five research directions” of the energy center system based on solid oxide fuel cells, hydrogen storage on a liquid organic carrier at room temperature and pressure, high-efficiency green hydrogen production and storage technology utilizing renewable energy, zero-carbon conversion and utilization technology for carbon-based energy, and a new type of phase-change material cold plate liquid cooling systems. In this manner, the center is able to make every effort to promote breakthroughs in the core technology of “stranglehold problems”, and drive the cultivation and development of a trillion-level emerging industry.