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"We have been collaborating with NaREC for over five years.  NaREC has a demonstrated track record that shows international technical leadership in a wide range of renewable energy areas, including wind turbine blade testing and ocean energy model testing.  Their efforts give them a unique position of expertise that is not matched elsewhere in the UK." Walt Musial, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, USA. 

"I am writing as Chair of the N8 Energy Theme to express strong support for your bid to host the ETI. There have been effective and productive links in energy research for many years between Manchester and the North East (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and NaREC). Our most recent collaboration has built on this experience to prepare the N8 Energy Theme initiative and I have valued enormously the collegial and co-operative spirit in which you have approached this.

Our N8 proposal includes a wide range of research disciplines but I have been encouraged by the way we have communicated with each other and the plan that has been developed. I am sure that by working together across our universities and with our regional industries and other stakeholders we can make progress not possible for any institution on its own. I am certain that you will demonstrate a similar inclusive approach through the ETI." Professor N Jenkins, Director, Joule Centre for Energy Research, Manchester University.

"In the part several years, Department of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Province has had very solid cooperation with Newcastle University . Early in 2005, we signed an overall framework of cooperation with One Northeast. One important part of it is the cooperation with Newcastle University in the area of new and renewable energy. Both sides have had frequent exchanges of scientists and high level delegations. With our joint efforts, the "Sino-British Jiangsu New Energy Research Centre" was set up in Nantong , Jiangsu in 2007. We are fully confident of our cooperation and believe it will have great potential in the future." Guo Hong, International Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Province

"As a fellow N8 member I would like to express the strong support of the University of Liverpool for your NE bid to host the ETI.   Research expertise at Liverpool University incorporates Earth and Ocean Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Chemistry where we have a number of energy-related projects in collaboration with industry.  I wish you the best of luck in securing the Institute for the North East. " Professor J R Saunders, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, The University of Liverpool.

"I am delighted to offer the N8 Research Partnership's support to your bid and wish you every success in the final choice.  Six of the N8 partners were involved in short-listed bids for ETI and this demonstrates the combined strength of Energy research in the North.  I hope that, by working with other N8 partners, you will be able, if successful, to capitalise on this strength.  The N8 Energy Consortium already has considerable industrial support and engagement over its research and translation agenda and this will be available to the ETI hub. 

We strongly believe that a hub and spokes in the North of England, involving the expanding N8 network and expertise, can make a unique and effective contribution to delivery of the ETI ambition, and help its visibility on the international stage.

Based on the research excellence in the area and the enthusiasm of its research-intensive universities to participate, it makes perfect sense to host the ETI hub in the North - and I hope the selection panel will reach the right conclusion!" Professor David Secher, Chief Executive, N8 Research Partnership.

"I have been collaborating with Newcastle University for the past two years, and have found that the University has very good research base in areas related to electric power generation and utilization. Moreover, the advantage of being located on the east coast means that there is  very high potential for wind and wave power generation. Based on these observations, I  believe Newcastle University will be a proper choice for the establishment of the Energy Technologies Institute." Professor Soumitro Banerjee , Department of Electrical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology.

"Thirty years ago, I graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a degree in Marine Engineering. Newcastle was where I first learnt about thermodynamics, power plants and engines, and energy. I continue to be inspired by the engineering excellence that made the North East an industrial centre, and increasingly, a knowledge centre. I am delighted that the University is taking the lead in the North East's bid to host the ETI, and appreciate the challenges and excitement that hosting the ETI would present and offer to Newcastle and the North East. I wish you all the best in your bid! " Associate Professor HO Hiang Kwee, Program Director (Energy Technology), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Singapore and Director, Energy Systems Laboratory, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

"I met several experts and professors from the North East in Shanghai and Beijing , they cover nearly all area about energy and with high academic level. Last year I visited Newcastle University and Tees Valley, I was very impressed by research activities at the University and clean energy demonstration projects in Tees Valley , I believe the North East is suitable place for the Energy Technologies Institute due to its natural energy source, famous universities and clean energy industries." Yonghao Luo , Professor and Chief Engineer , Shanghai Clean Energy Research and Industry Promotion Center

"This will be an exciting opportunity for the North East  to significantly benefit the UK 's energy sector." Mark Jackson, Business Development Director, Knowledge House.

"Newcastle College  wish to support the case fo r th e Energy I n stitute coming to the North East of England. The region has been successful in having a vibrant sub - sea sector, petrochem and pharmaceutical sector,  defence industry ,  energy generation and distribution sector, and Energy Renewables and environmental science, which supports design and manufacture of a range of equipment and services.

"Newcastle College is a college of both Further and Higher Education and work-based training and we support the training needs of companies in the region . The new institute will create an international focus for the work that we do and be supported by the strengths that are in the region . We are also a strategic partner in the Newcastle Science City initiative and as such  we are a key driver in skills to support this bid. "Alan Bainbridge, Director of Applied Science, Newcastle College.

"It is important that the location for the ETI hub is chosen to maximise its interactions with existing infrastructure. The North East has long been a major area for expertise for the energy industry. TWI is currently increasing the size, facilities and capability of its NE Technology Centre. TWI can help ensure that the results of ETI R&D are effectively exploited."  Terry O'Neill, Associate Director - Technology Transfer, TWI Ltd.