The College of Smart Energy (CSE), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is an industry-education integration platform jointly established by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC). CSE integrates talent cultivation, scientific research, and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements. CSE is a platform that incorporates industry and education, and promotes effective connection among education, talent, industry and innovation. CSE aims to cultivate compound, innovative, and practical talents who can lead the development of the modern energy industry and provide strong scientific and technological support for China’s goals to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality.CSE is located on the Minhang campus of SJTU,covering an area of 130 mu. CSE has a faculty of 177, including 26 dual-employed teachers from within SJTU and 97 industry mentors from SPIC. CSE has successfully obtained approval for China’s first undergraduate major of Smart Energy Engineering and began enrollment in 2022. Currently, there are 436 enrolled undergraduates, masters, and doctoral students in CSE. Relying on CSE, SJTU jointly established the “Future Energy Plan”fund focusing on forward-looking and revolutionary technologies for future energy with SPIC to provide technological support for China’s goals to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality. The Shanghai Peak Discipline (Class IV)-“Research Institute for Non-Carbon-Based Energy Conversion and Utilization”led by CSE, aims to carry out research of key technologies for non-carbon-based energy conversion and utilization guided by major national needs.CSE now has four research centers and institutions: the Research Center for Carbon Capture and Utilization, the Research Center for Intelligent Operation and Control of New Power Systems, the Institute of Intelligent Nuclear Energy, and the Institute of Technology and Economics of New Power Systems. The main research directions are as follows:AI + Energy(1)Industrial internet of things (IIoT) and smart energy systems(2)Cyber-Physical integration and control of energy systems(3) Application of artificial intelligence in smart energyCarbon Capture and Utilization
(1) Carbon capture technology
(2) Direct air capture technology
(3) Carbon resource utilization technology
(4) Electrochemical reduction of CO2
(5) Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC)
Intelligent Operation and Control of New Power Systems
(1) Power grid operation and control
(2) Virtual power plant control based on generalized energy storage
(3) Integrated“electricity-traffic”system
(4) Digital integrated energy system
Intelligent Nuclear Energy
(1) Digital reactor
(2) Applications of artificial intelligence and big data technology in nuclear engineering
(3) Digital twin system for advanced nuclear reactors
(4) Advanced nuclear materials
Technology and Economics of New Power Systems
(1) Electricity market
(2) Power system optimization
(3) Power-weather forecast
(4) Energy blockchain