The new institute will focus on thermal and mechanical based energy storage technologies that overcome the decencies of the current storage systems such as – cost, short life span etc.
Employing nearly 50 researchers, the institute will carry out projects with an outlay of £4m.
The projects will develop and test new materials and processes for energy storage and explore methods for transferring and using energy more efficiently.
Speaking at opening of the institute University of Leeds Professor Andrew Bell said that the two institutions have collaborated successfully in the past.
"The University of Leeds is delighted to combine our areas of research expertise through this joint institute which will create a highly competitive platform for effective and substantial collaborations in advanced energy storage science and engineering," added Bell.
Professor Yulong Ding from the University of Leeds will be employed as the first director of the institute.
Chinese Academy of Sciences director of institute of process engineering Professor Suojiang Zhang said, "The joint research combines the strengths of the two technically complementary organizations, which will promote the fast transfer of knowledge in the energy storage area and drive new technologies out of the lab and into the market."
