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News
17 February 2026
Offshore wind farms and their impact on the environment: launch of the OWWAAW project
The OWWAAW (Offshore wind farms: effects on weather, acoustics and aerial wildlife) project was launched on January 26, 2026. The project will study the interactions between offshore wind farms and weather, as well as their effects on output, acoustics, and aerial biodiversity (birds and bats).
Innovation and Industry
News
02 February 2026
Natural hydrogen: IFPEN and Vinci Technologies launch a consortium
Innovation and Industry
Events
21 - 23 October 2025
IFPEN at salon H2 & Carbone Capture Technology World EXPO
Fundamental Research
News
13 October 2025
Contribution of machine learning to the oxidation stability of hydrocarbons
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Daphné LORNE
Economic Engineer, Head of Projects
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie de Nancy, Daphné Lorne joined IFPEN in 2006 as a research engineer working on the roll-out of biofuel supply chains within the Economic Studies
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Maxime LUCAS
Life Cycle Assessment research engineer
Research engineer specialized in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to energy systems. Teaching contributions at IFP School and other universities. Designated French expert advising the Directorate
News in brief
Feedback from the European HIPERWIND project dedicated to the incorporation of uncertainties in offshore wind power
The European HIPERWIND project has ollowed to gain a better understanding of the complex physics influencing the design and operation of large offshore wind farms with a view to enabling substantial cost savings for their owners and, ultimately, for electricity consumers.
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Jean-Marc GRATIEN
Research engineer in High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Engineer of Ecole Centrale Paris, Ocean engineering, promotion 1994 PhD in Computer Sciences, Université de Grenoble 2012 Expert in HPC, IA and Scientific software design Main contributor of the
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Philippe BÉARD
Research engineer
Dr, PhD in Fluid Mechanics
Dr, PhD in Fluid Mechanics
PhD in Fluid Mechanics at ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France in 1994. Research engineer in the Systems Simulation and Modelling Department from 1996 to 2008. Since 2008, research engineer in the Chemical
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Frédérique BIDARD-MICHELOT
Research engineer in Biotechnology,
PhD in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology
PhD in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology
Frédérique Bidard-Michelot, a doctor in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology from the University of Montpellier II, has dedicated her career to the study of ascomycete microorganisms (yeasts
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IFPEN and the B-BEST PEPR
IFPEN and INRAE are leading the B-BEST PEPR*, the research component supporting the French national acceleration strategy relating to “Bio-based products and industrial biotech - sustainable fuels”
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Minh Tuan NGUYEN
PhD. Research engineer
Minh Tuan Nguyen completed an Engineer degree from Da-Nang University of Technology (Vietnam) in 2012, and a Master of Science degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL) and IFP
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Francesco PATACCHINI
Research engineer in scientific computing
Francesco Patacchini is a research engineer in scientific computing and, more generally, in applied mathematics. He obtained his PhD at Imperial College London in 2017 under the supervision of Prof
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waLBerla-wind : fast high-fidelity wind farm flow simulations
IFPEN, together with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, has extended the widely applicable Lattice-Boltzmann (LBM) framework waLBerla to the simulation of entire wind farms using a Large-Eddy Simulation framework