S2E2 - Sciences et Systèmes de l’Energie Electrique
Located in the Centre and Limousin regions, the “Sciences et Systèmes de l’Energie Electrique” innovative cluster’s goal is to optimize electricity use from production to consumption (via storage, conversion and distribution etc.).
Its R&D projects center around 5 main themes:
- Renewable energy: wind, photovoltaic solar energy (conversion, storage etc.).
- Fuel cells and MicroPAC, batteries and micro batteries and hydrogen storage.
- Efficient components, packaging and connection.
- Communication inside buildings via Powerline Communication and RF.
- LED lighting in particular.
The S2E2 innovative cluster focuses on 3 markets and subscribes fully to a sustainable development policy.
• Energy saving measures inside buildings (industrial, offices or residential)
• Energy-efficient equipment (for industry, consumer electronics, mobile devices)
• New sources of energy (wind, PAC, photovoltaic)
Faced with challenges of climate change and the need to find alternatives to fossil fuels, S2E2 aims to mobilize the technological expertise of its members, and their partners, in order to:
• Develop innovative and relevant industrial solutions
• Provide answers to the environmental challenges that are so crucial for the planet
• Propose alternatives to existing products and technologies
The pole aims to become “the hub of European excellence for energy efficiency matters”.
Advantages
The Centre and Limousin regions occupy a privileged position in the Renewable Energy sector in France:
Wood energy
- 49 collective boiler plants installed and 3 supply platforms
- 22.4% of land covered by forest
Geothermal
Abundant resource included in a regional geographic survey since 2007
Solar thermal- 450 m² of sensors already installed by local authorities
- 8,000 m² privately owned
Wind
18% of electricity comes from wind power
A dynamic sector:
Businesses and Jobs
- Nearly 60 industrial companies
- Nearly 10,000 jobs in electrical-electronic components and manufactured products
Research
1,000 researchers and 26 laboratories working on energy efficiency, remewable energy and raw materials for energy
Training
12 electronics training facilities at Bac+2 to Bac+8 level
- Increased cooperation with the 3 other energy innovative clusters, affirmed in an inter-cluster charter signed in June 2008:
• Capénergies (PACA), Derbi (Languedoc-Roussillon) and Tenerrdis (Rhone-Alps)
- An agreement with neighboring cluster Elopsys, specializing in Networks and Transmissions
Members
Over 110 members in mid-2008
Companies: 70 of which over 40 are small-and-medium-sized enterprises
• French companies: Electricité de France (EDF), Legrand, Dalkia, subsidiary of Véolia Environnement, Gemalto, Radiall, Faiveley, Ineo Suez, Aérazur (subsidiary of the Zodiac group), Forclum (Eiffage group) etc.
• International companies: ArcelorMittal (company under Dutch law), ST Microelectronics (France-Italy), Leroy Somer, subsidiary of the American group Emerson, AEG Power Solutions, Auxitrol (Esterline group), Maquet (Swedish group Getinge) etc.
Research and Educational institutions
Over 20 centers, including the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Mécanique, Energétique (Institut PRISME), Université d’Orléans, Université François Rabelais de Tours etc.
Around 20 other organizations are also partners in the cluster, including the Communautés d’Agglomération (agglomeration communities) of Tours, Bourges, Limoges and Orléans, Direction Régionale de l’Industrie, de la Recherche et de l’Environnement (DRIRE), Conseils Généraux (county councils) for the Centre Département, Conseils Régionaux (district councils) of Limousin and Centre, District Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) etc.
R&D project cooperation (refer to appendix)
20 projects were financed between January 2006 and December 2007 with investment totalling 76 million euros
Public funding examples:
• Nearly 15 million euros granted by the National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) between 2005 and 2007
• More than 8.5 million euros allocated by the Single Interministerial Fund (Fonds Unique Interministériel or FUI) over the same period
International partnerships
Current:
Involvement in the EU Seventh Programme for Research and Technological Development
Appendix: Selected certified R&D Projects
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Project Name and Subject |
Led by |
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SESAME Projects: Development of energy-efficient equipment for professionals and the for all building types |
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SESAME-CAPI Active and passive components with substrate integrated circuits to miniaturize and integrate filtering and protection functions. |
ST Microelectronics |
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SESAME-CAPTHOM Human presence detection sensor |
Sorec |
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SESAME-GEDELOC Remote energy management via CPL |
Wirecom Technologies |
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SESAME-ISIS Intelligent communication switch with protective features for the 230 V network (replacement of an electromechanical switch) |
Legrand |
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Other Projects |
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CARENE Energy distribution inside a building. Inverter connected to the system (3 to 36 KVA) for residential/office buildings |
Ainelec |
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ELUMIERE Innovative application of a lighting solution in an urban context, through the use or non-use of LED diodes, power diodes |
Alpha Test |
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HYPE Hyperbaric storage of hydrogen |
PSA Peugeot Citroen |
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MOBIPAC Development of revolutionary portable energy sources including a system of instant reloading using cartridges and a micro fuel cell and related electronics |
ST Microelectronics |
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PRODHYGE Production of a high-temperature fuel cell demonstrator for stationary power generation (SOFC) with a new design to increase power and optimize the size of the cell |
Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA) |
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G2REC Replacement of some current power components made from silicon with components based on more suitable semi-conductive materials: gallium nitride and silicon carbide, to improve the energy efficiency of energy conversion |
STMicroelectronics |
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CEPIM Design and installation of modular intelligent PV modules (communicating and providing regulation, conversion, measurement, surveillance and maintenance functions). Each module has its own interchangeable electronics. |
FORCLUM |
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