
The Carnot IFPEN Ressources Energétiques (RE) brings together 12 laboratories of IFP Energies nouvelles.
Labelled Carnot since 2020, it maintains strong links with the socio-economic world, both in France and internationally, and actively contributes to the Carnot institutes network.
The Carnot IFPEN RE helps to meet the challenges of the energy and ecological transition.
- Develop renewable energies:
- Optimise production in wind power and geothermal energy
- Transport and store hydrogen
- Explore the potential of natural hydrogen
- Integrate renewables into the electricity grid via storage and energy management systems (EMS)
- Minimise the climate impact of industrial activities:
- Advance CO2 capture, storage and utilisation (CCUS),
- Monitor industrial sites: detect gas leaks and trace them to their source
- Understand the role of soils as carbon sinks
- Manage and treat water resources
- Characterise microplastics in the environment
- Seize the opportunities offered by digital technology:
- Develop new products, services or business models by supporting industrial partners in their digital transformation
- Develop new products, services or business models by supporting industrial partners in their digital transformation
The Carnot IFPEN RE has extensive experience in industrial partnerships and holds a portfolio of more than 74 active contracts (contractual or collaborative research, technical services, active commercial licences), 40% of which are international.
The Carnot IFPEN RE’ R&D themes:
- Wind energy, notably offshore
- Geothermal energy
- Hydrogen: storage and transport
- Energy storage
- Subsurface management for the energy transition
- CCUS & negative emissions
- Environmental monitoring
- Soils and environmental transition
- Sustainable water management
- Microplastics in the environment
- Digital transformation
Did you know?
At national, European and international levels, the Carnot IFPEN RE is involved in numerous publicly funded collaborative projects, placing it at the heart of a dense network of research partnerships.
The Carnot network is a multidisciplinary R&D network. It comprises 39 public research organisations that account for 55% of corporate R&D contracts.



