Presentation

Research activities are organized around 3 main domains :

Bioenergy

The European strategy for renewable energy (...)

DG technologies

Distributed generation (electrical output (...)

Fuel Cells / Electrolysis High temperature

Fuel cell technologies are alternative (...)

Geotechnologies

The use of geothermal energy for the purpose (...)

Energy planning for territories

Through the rising environmental and climate (...)

Tool development for territories

The development of tools for energy research (...)

Urban systems

Current cities are facing a crisis of (...)

Externalities

Environmental impacts of human activities (...)

Energy system analysis and climate change

Decision making in the energy sector requires (...)

Considered as the first R&D international center of the EDF Group, complementing the assets of the EDF Research & Development with around 2000 researchers, its mission is to develop a strong connection with the German academic institutes, mainly with KIT, counting 8000 researchers and 18000 university students, and build a high level German and European partnership network .
EIFER is a widely recognized research institute, with more than 110 employees from 14 different nationalities, developing a multidisciplinary know-how around the topics of “Sustainable Cities” and “Distributed Energy”, together with high level scientific and industrial partners, and contributing to several national and European public funded projects.