According to the Notice on the Review Results of the Application Projects Received by NSFC in 2021 published by the NSFC Committee on August 18, a general project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China of Institute of Energy of Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center (hereinafter referred to as Institute of Energy) has been approved, which was the first national natural science research project for Institute of Energy.

8月16日下午，安徽省能源集团产业研究院正式揭牌成立，能源研究院院长李建刚院士受邀担任首席顾问，并作了题为“托起明天的太阳—战略能源发展现状及未来展望”的主题报告。