Carnot Energies du futur
The Carnot Institute “Energies du futur” gathers French research laboratories dedicated to low-carbon energy technologies and energy efficiency.
Across the innovation value chain, the laboratories and platforms of “Energies du futur”, provide a wide range of skills and experimental means to companies of all sizes, from energy production and conversion to uses optimisation, smart grids and transversal technologies.
Key figures
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| Permanent staff (full-time equivalent) | 1 000 |
| PhD Students | 500 |
| Global budget | 170 M€ |
| Partnership incomes with industry | 40 M€ |
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Institut Carnot Energies du Futur
Bâtiment GreEn-ER
21 avenue des martyrs - CS 90624
38031 Grenoble CEDEX 1
Nathalie COLOMBEL
+33 (0) 4 38 78 95 26
+33 (0) 6 78 52 89 42
contact[a]energiesdufutur.fr
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Présentation
Design the future of energy, from materials to systems, more efficiency, less carbon impact on the planet
Research for the future of energy:
The Carnot institute ““Energies du futur” research activities are distributed over five main topics:
- Low-carbon energy production (solar photovoltaic and thermal systems, bio-resources, hydraulic power…)
- Storage, conversion and energy vectors (various energy vectors)
- Smart grids
- High efficiency new uses (low-impact building, mobility, industry)
- Transversal technologies (modelling and simulation, life cycle analysis, materials and energy management and economy)
Economic sectors:
- Industry
- Building
- Consumption
Addressed markets :
- Low-carbon impact energies
- Energy efficiency
- New uses of energy :
- Grids
- Transport
- Building
- Industry
Major equipment and platforms for energy
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The Carnot institute “Energies du futur” offers a wide range of technological platforms with key benefits:
- To develop technologies from proof-of-concept to prototypes in order to push forward innovation and access to the market
- To develop, to measure and characterize innovative solutions, thanks to cutting-edge equipment
- To imagine new solutions and test technologies before transferring them into the market
