Located at the National Research Center for Coal and Energy
The US-CEC is recognized as a formal participant under the formal energy agreement between the U.S. and China, Annex II-A to the Protocol on Cooperation between the US Department of Energy and the People's Republic of China Ministry of Science and Technology in the Area of Clean Fuels.
Long Term Environmental and Economic Impacts of Coal Liquefaction in China 
Advanced Coal Technology Consortium of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center
EducationThe US-CEC offers the opportunity for Chinese scholars to work with the center. For more information contact:
Dr. Qingyun Sun 
US-China Clean Energy Workshop held in 2004.
2006 China-US Coal Gasification & Liquefaction Technology Workshop held in Beijing.
2009 US-China Coal Conversion and Carbon Management Workshop
2011 US-China Coal Conversion and CCUS Workshop in Beijing
The US-CEC sponsors official delegations from China to the U.S., and assists in coordinating official delegations from the U.S. to China. For more information contact:
Dr. Qingyun Sun
WVU Chemical Engineering researcher Elliot Kennel discusses coal-to-liquids technology being developed at WVU with Xiuzhang Wu, Engineer General of the Shenhua Group, leader of a Chinese delegation coordinated by the US-CEC.
Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Agricultural Economics, 1982
M.A. University of California, Davis, Economics, 1979
B.S. University of Wyoming, Mathematics, 1976
Professor Fletcher's research interests include natural resource and environmental economics; quantitative methods; production economics, GIS and other computer applications in applied economic analysis. He is the founder and director of the Natural Resource Analysis Center in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design at West Virginia University. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and been a member of the board of directors and chair of the Council of Professional Association on Federal Statistics.
Ph.D. West Virginia University, Plant & Soil Sciences, 2000
M.S. China University of Mining & Tech., Environ. Engineering, 1990
B.A. China University of Mining & Tech., Chemical Engineering, 1984
Dr. Sun's research interests include coal mining, coal conversion, CCUS, environmental quality analysis, GIS and remote sensing, industrial planning and land reclamation, applied resources econometrics, and international energy and environmental programs. He serves as a consultant to the energy and mining industries in the U.S. and China and works as the Governor's Assistant for China Affairs for State of West Virginia.
Supporting programs to prove, by 2016, the feasibility of a near-zero emissions, coal-fueled hydrogen and power co-production facility.
Building the world's first commercial-scale direct coal liquefaction plant as China's largest producer of coal.
Yuzhuo Zhang , President of the Shenhua Group Corp. Ltd.
Advancing innovations for energy and the environment through research partnerships in the U.S. and China.
Richard A. Bajura , Director and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Providing geo-spatial and economic analysis for environmental planning, recreation, wildlife management, forest ecology, and land and water reclamation.
Jerald J. Fletcher , Director and Professor of Resource Economics
2002 | West Virginia University's Natural Resource Analysis Center |
2005 | The WVU-Shenhua collaborative research activities were formally recognized as components of Annex II of the US-China Clean Energy Protocol. |
2007 | |
2009 |
President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announce the establishment of the $150 million U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center focusing on technologies for building energy efficiency, advanced coal, and clean vehicles. West Virginia University is selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to lead the U.S.'s $25 million program for advanced coal technology research under the Advanced Coal Technology Consortium. At WVU, the work is coordinated by the US-CEC in affiliation with the NRCCE |
US-CEC Associate Director Qinyung Sun, US-CEC Director Jerald Fletcher, and Xiangkun Ren, Director General for Shenhua R&D tour the Shenhua DCL facility that is the subject of research by Sun, Fletcher, and colleagues in the U.S.
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