Capacity building for sustainable
energy systems
Dr. Walter Mérida PPhys., PEng.
Director, Clean Energy Research Centre
2260 East Mall, Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4 Canada
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The university as an innovation hub
Vancouver (1908)
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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
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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)
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Solution: campus as a living lab
Bio Energy
Energy Storage
Electric Vehicle
Converged
Networks
Biomass to
Hydrogen
Underway ------------------------------------ Developing ------------------------------------ Emerging
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Bioenergy facility
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Converged networks
Power over ethernet
(60 W, 120 W)
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Clean energy research centre: 3 pillars
research
(Clean Tech)
training
(CEEN program)
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Launched in 2009
First of its kind in
Canada
Applied education in
clean energy
technology
Interdisciplinary
Paid coop term
(optional)
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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
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innovation
(commercialisation)
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Spin-offs
Incubation
Industrial projects
On campus projects
International
collaborations
Donors
Outreach
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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
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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
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Q2
Q3
2011
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
2012
Q4
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Biomass to energy
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Fuel cells
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Electrolysis
2013
Q4
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Q3
2014
Q4
Q1
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2015
Q4
Q1
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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)
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If maintained partnerships tend to grow
3 Institutes
UMSICHT
Itzehoe
C E R C
Clean Energy
Research Centre
biomass
Rostock
electrolysis
Bremen
Hannover
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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
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IWU
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solar
fuel cells
wind
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Training: MEng Programs
MECH
CERC
Clean Energy Engineering
CEEN
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
NAME
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CEEN MEng program
 Industry sponsored
 Revenue positive
 Over-subscribed
 85% employment
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Replicate elsewhere?
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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
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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 | www.cerc.ubc.ca
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