Institutes of excellence

These will bring together training institutions, research bodies and industry, the aim being to promote public/private partnership. The objective of these initiatives is to equip France with competitive economic networks in promising future sectors related to low-carbon energies.

IDEEL - setting up the factory of tomorrow

IDEEL - French National institute for the development of eco-technologies and low-carbon energies - concerns the creation of a technological innovation campus on low-carbon industrial processes in “Chemistry Valley”. The project is being led by seven founding members, consisting of industry players (Arkema, GDF Suez, PEP and Rhodia) and public research and higher education bodies (CNRS, IFP Energies nouvelles and University of Lyon).
It is supported by the Axelera competitiveness cluster, for which IFP Energies nouvelles is a founding member, as well as by all the Ecotech clusters in Rhône-Alpes (LUTB, Tenerrdis, etc.).
It schedules the use of pooled resources (particularly in terms of laboratories, platforms and demonstrators) and joint research teams. It will also bring together projects already underway in the region, such as the Axel'One collaborative innovation platform led by Axelera.

VeDeCoM - future vehicle generations

VeDeCoM – Institute for low-carbon intelligent transportation systems - aims to accelerate the bringing to market of rechargeable electric and hybrid vehicles with onboard intelligence and efficient methods for communicating with infrastructures. Supported by the Mov'eo competitiveness cluster, for which IFP Energies nouvelles is a founding member, the institute will be located at the Versailles-Satory site.
It will use existing or planned facilities in this region (Satory test tracks, Mov'eo-Dege platform, etc.) and will include significant new facilities, including a study and simulation centre.

IFP Energies nouvelles is also involved in projects led by other research bodies:

• GEODENERGIES (GÉOtechnologies pour Décarboner les ÉNERGIES, or geo-technologies for low-carbon energy) is supported by BRGM and aims to develop, disseminate and harness geo-technologies to ensure the economic expansion of low-carbon energies. IFPEN is particularly interested in the geological storage of CO2,
• France Énergies Marines is supported by IFREMER and aims to speed up the development of renewable marine energies with a view to creating, establishing and shaping a new French sector for providing innovation and creating value.

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