Objectives
The objectives of the Carnot Institute are to answer markets and rising social expectations, to anticipate technological breakthroughs, to have appropriate collaborative models and to offer innovating and industrial new energies for buildings, transportation, industry and networks. We generate innovation destinated to be transferred to the economic actors.
Six main lines of scientific and technological skills
Power production
- Solar photovoltaic
- Solar thermal
- Hydrogen vector
- Biomass
- Hydraulics
Microsources and mobile energies
- Micro & Nano technologies
- Energy recovery
Storage of energy
- Electrochemical
- Hydraulics
- Thermics
Electricity networks
- Energy transfer
- Samrt grid
- Samrt home
- Modeling
Materials for energy
- Nanomaterials
- Extreme environment using
- Life cycle
Energy efficiency
- Industrial processes
- Building
Our forces
- A network of scientific excellence
- Multidisciplinary teams mastering complex technologies (microelectronics, nanomaterials, energy, and modeling).
- Experience in industrial partnerships, from major groups to small businesses.
- Successful technology transfers and spin-offs.
- A synergy with technology educations.
Major equipments
From open technological platforms to scientific and industrial communities: CREMHyG (hydraulic), CRETA (materials), Poudr’Innov (powder metallurgy), RESTAURE (photovoltaic cells), STEEVE (electrochemical component for electric vehicle), PREDIS (networks).
Laboratories
Four partner institutions are involved in researches for sustainable energies in Grenoble, covering complementary fields of excellence such as: advanced materials, electrical engineering, mechanics, energy systems, solar energy, thermal energy, electrochemistry… Their federation into a central set of themes enables to reinforce and accelerate the innovation process and to transfer towards the industry.
The Grenoble INP / UJF / CNRS academic laboratories
Energy
- Electricity, networks, power electronics, actuators
- Hydraulic, thermal, propulsion
- Plasmas
Materials Processes
- Electrochemical
- Photovoltaic, materials in harsh environments
- Biomass
- Nanomagnetism
TIC & Production process
- Electricity, networks, power electronics, actuators
- Hydraulic, thermal, propulsion
- Plasmas
The CEA Grenoble LITEN laboratories / departments
Solar Technologies / the National Solar Energy Institute
- Components & solar photovoltaic and thermal systems
- Solar and building
Electricity and hydrogen for transportations
- Electric and electrochemical generators
- Monitoring
Nanomaterials technologies
- Nanomaterials
- Autonomous source of energy
- Organic electronics
Biomass and Hydrogen Technologies
- Production of H2 through T HT electrolysis
- H2 storage
- Biofuel
Environment
- Scientific: 60 000 students including 3 500 PhD’s, 4 000 researchers and teachers-researchers.
- Innovation and competitiveness Clusters: Minatec, Tenerrdis, Minalogic.
- Knowledge and Innovation Communities: KIC InnoEnergy,
- R&D centers from large industrial groups: Air liquide, Alstom, Power Hydro, Schneider, St Microelectronics…
- Research groups: GIE IDEA (Schneider, EDF, Grenoble INP), INES, the national Solar Energy Institute in Chambery, France.
