Category: Research & development

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) is a major research and training player in the fields of energy, transport and the environment. Thanks to cutting-edge applied research, IFPEN aims at developing technological solutions with industrial partners that can be marketed.
IFPEN proposes several industrial solutions along the onshore and offshore wind value chain, which comprise:
–          use of lidars to improve resource assessment, including advanced wind field reconstruction techniques for floating wind,
–          the FarmShadow™ software to consider the wake effects in AEP evaluation, layout optimization or wind farm control,
–          aerodynamics models for the DeepLines Wind™ software in partnership with Principia,
–          the co-development of a TLP float in partnership with SBM Offshore,
–          Lidar assisted control solutions of wind turbines,
–          Control strategies at wind farm level (wake steering),
–          Digital Twin of wind turbines and wind farms to optimize O&M

IFPEN works with major players of the wind sector to foster the industrial application of its developments. In 2023, IFPEN launched GreenWITS, a new company delivering advanced digital and engineering services for wind energy.

France Energies Marines is a centre of pooled expertise in offshore renewable energy that has gained recognition for its valuable achievements since 2012 for the European industrial sector. To accomplish this, it draws upon its in-house talents (85 employees), its network of industrial and academic experts and at sea infrastructures (English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea). Its mission is to define, set up and apply the scientific and technical environment required to overcome technological viability barriers, while satisfying environmental integration criteria.

France Energies Marines stands out for its cross-disciplinary approach, which provides the entire sector with the innovative and validated tools needed to reduce the cost of producing energy and financing operational projects. The Institute develops differentiating and holistic approaches to reduce the time needed to build offshore farms. The Institute is built around a public-private partnership, bringing together 27 members who are key players in the energy sector in France and abroad.

Research and innovation are firmly rooted at the heart of the Institute’s work, which is organised into five focus areas:

– Setting up, coordinating and operating investment programme, and contributing to national or European R&D projects along with key players of the industry
– Delivery of research and expertise services,
– Running of the national resource centre RESCORE,
– Creation of a national offshore observation network,
– Participation in expert panels and networks.