Energy

Areas covered

Each industrial revolution was built around an energy revolution.

The XXIst century will see the expansion of decentralized energy production, thanks to the advent of renewable energy resources.

Our energy systems are going to evolve in order to achieve a more rational used of decarbonized energy resources.

TECHNOFI supports its clients in the preparation, validation and management of their innovative development projects to address the challenges of Europen energy systems:

Decentralized electricy production

- Innovative services around renewable energy sources
- Integration of renewable electricity into the electric system

Smart electricity networks

- Transmission
- Distribution

New energy consumption models

- Electricity storage
- Smart buildings
- Electric vehicles
- Demand side management

Our services

Roadmap building

"European Electricity Grid Initiative": roadmap 2010-2020 Grouping of
7 TSOs and
7 DSOs 2008-2010
REALISEGRID: REseArch, methodoLogIes and technologieS for the effective development of pan-European key GRID infrastructures to support the achievement of a reliable, competitive and sustainable electricity supply CE DG Energy, 2008-2011
Roadmap for PV and CSP technologies ADEME, 2009-2010
Diffusion of new Energy Technologies in the building sector ADEME-DGCIS, 2008
Smart networks, demand side management and decentralised electricity production: initiative for a French national programme ADEME,
2008
"Comparative Study of mechanisms, results and good practices in terms of innovation and transfer of results of energy RTD in national and EC programmes" EC 2006-2007
RELIANCE : CooRdination perspectives of the European transmission network research activities to optimise the reLIAbility of power supply, usiNg a systemiC approach, involving growing distributed generation and renewable energy markEts. EC 2005-2007

Funding and management of innovation projects in the energy sector

OPTIMATE : An Open Platform to Test Integration in new MArkeT designs of massive intermittent Energy sources dispersed in several regional power markets EC, 2009-2012
TWENTIES : Transmission system operation with large penetration of Wind and other renewable Electricity sources in Networks by means of innovative Tools and Integrated Energy Solutions EC, 2010-2012

Development and validation of new support schemes to foster innovation in SMES

SYNERGY+: Expanding the Competitive Intelligence in the European Distributed Energy Resources Sector EC, 2005-2007
KIS PIMS: European Innovation Platform for Knowledge Intensive Services in the Planning, Installation, Maintenance and Scrapping services (PIMS) for renewable energy production systems EC, 2008-2011
PRORETT: Promotion of Renewable Energy Technology Transfer EC, 2006-2008
Master ALEF: Training to build business plans in the energy and environment sectors Mines
ParisTech-U. Tsinghua,
2007-2010

A few publications

"European innovation management landscape", IMP3rove, Europe Innova 2006
"Innovation and Transfer of Results of Energy RTD in National and European Community Programmes, A Comparative Study of Mechanism Results and Good Practices",
EUR 23122, EC		 2008
"Effectively supporting the commercialisation of research results", EUREC 2008
"A technology ranking methodology for the cost-benefit analysis of transmission investments in Europe", 10th IAEE European Conference 7-10 September 2009 in Vienna, Austria 2009
"Grid integration of PV systems: could the electric network become the bottleneck?" Conference DISTRES, Cyprus 2009
"Guaranteeing energy during peak period thanks to a grid connected PV system with Li-ion batteries: field tests results" Conference DISTRES Cyprus 2009
"Packaging R&D results for dissemination in the multi-actor, multi-technology field of Distributed Energy Resources" Conference DISTRES Cyprus 2009
"Prospects for the transmission planning in Europe towards a sustainable energy future: the REALISEGRID project", C1-105 CIGRE 2010 2010
"Public Support for the Financing of RD&D Activities in New Clean Energy Technologies" 2011
"Smart Cities Initiative: How to Foster a Quick Transition towards Local Sustainable Energy Systems" 2011
"Final WP1 report on cost/benefit analysis of innovative technologies and grid technologies roadmap report validated by the external Partners REALISEGRID, EC-funded FP7 project" 2011

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