Carnot Energies du futur

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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Key figures

Permanent staff (full-time equivalent) 1 000
PhD Students 500
Global budget 170 M€
Partnership incomes with industry 40 M€
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Contact

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

Email contact
contact[a]energiesdufutur.fr

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

  • Materials processes
  • Functionalized materials
  • Nano-characterization
  • Hydraulic and marine energy
  • Thermal and solar photovoltaic
  • Bio-resources
  • Energy recovery
  • Hydrogen production and storage
  • Power-to-gaz
  • Fuel cells
  • Batteries
  • Electric mobility
  • Economy and energy management
  • Smart grids and distribution grids

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