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What key skills for the electrical industry of tomorrow

2 Apr 2021

In France, the Ministry of Labor had commissioned eight professional organizations from the electrical industry and territorial in 2019 to conduct a major study on employment and skills in the...

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Renovation Wave future building norms for Smart Grids

8 Mar 2021

Buildings are responsible for 40 % of the EU’s energy consumption and 36% of its greenhouse gas emissions, a subject that the European Union has decided to tackle in order...

Smart Occitania Enedis smart grid based on renewable energy in rural areas

3 Mar 2021

Launched in 2017, Smart Occitania project aimed to experiment on a large scale new models of smart distribution networks adapted to rural areas. The conclusions of the project, released in...

Lyon smart city in constant evolution

26 Feb 2021

As early as 2013 and 2014, Lyon was awarded the title of “France’s leading smart city” for its innovative projects, and has continued to evolve ever since. Among the most...

Supporting innovation and young researchers: Think Smartgrids has awarded its “Thesis Prizes”.

16 Feb 2021

Each year, the Think Smartgrids association rewards young researchers with an award for the quality of their work and their contributions to smart grids and the energy transition from a...

Meeting the challenge of renewable energies grid integration: the French smart grid ecosystem presents its solutions

2 Feb 2021

Increasing the share of renewable energies in the energy mix is a crucial challenge to decarbonize energy production, the world’s leading source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. However, the variable nature...

Flexibility of the power system: a key issue for a successful energy transition

22 Jan 2021

The flexibility of the power system is difficult to define, as it has so many definitions and levers, from the producer to the end consumer. However, it is an essential...

RTE, the French TSO, opens the largest battery electricity storage site in France

21 Dec 2020

RTE – Réseau de Transport d’électricité, the French electricity transmission system operator, is setting up three battery-based electricity storage sites that will be remotely controlled according to, in particular, energy...

Low-carbon hydrogen: what are the challenges for energy grids and the energy transition?

18 Nov 2020

The development of low-carbon hydrogen is taking a growing place in the debates on energy transition. With 96% of the world’s production currently based on fossil fuels, can hydrogen play...