Let's shine

Involvement for the field

• Associations: SolarPower Europe, EERA PV and EUREC
• Trade unions: SER Soler and Solar United
• Alliances : ANCRE (animation GP4), ESMC, ETIP PV, and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) 
• Scientific Committees: EU PVSEC, JNPV

• Workgroups: Energy Acces (SER, ADEME), Club-ER, Solaire #Place au Soleil (S. Lecornu), ADEME, DGEC du Ministère de la Transition Écologique et Solidaire - MTES (PV et patrimoine, PV et agriculture), DAEI du MTES, Tenerrdis (pole solaire, club Afrique)

INES participates in the major cooperation programs initiated by the French government. 
It is the technical representative of France within the ISA-International Solar Alliance, and contributes to its STAR-C program for capacity building in training, testing and research. It supports the network of UNIDO centers in the creation of their solar academies, starting with EACREEE in East Africa and PCREEE in the Pacific.

3 key partnerships have highlighted 2018-2019 to support cooperation between India and France.

• Collaboration agreement with NISE (National Institute of Solar Energy)
• Tripartite agreement with SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) and Blue Solutions (Bolloré Group)
• Partnership with the industrial firm Vikram, which has a production capacity of 1 GW of photovoltaic panels in India.

INES is creating tools to support the solar energy sectors in the ISA-International Solar Alliance countries.

• e-learning path for solar academies
• Practical guides
• ISA Resources Centre

ATAMOSTEC (Atacama Module and System Technology) is a private-public initiative supported by CORFO, the Chilean Economic Development Agency. The consortium, created in 2017, seeks to develop technologies for the photovoltaic solar energy industry, specially designed for high radiation and desert conditions.

INES is co-executing the project, alongside the ISC Konstanz and the FRAUNHOFER ISE.

More about ATAMOSTEC project

A decentralized solar resource center for advice, pedagogical support and testing in rural areas is being set up in Casamance (Senegal).

Commissioned by the Bignona departmental council, an energy diagnostic was carried out in July 2019 by teams from INES, Electriciens Sans Frontières and Pays de Savoie Solidaires to propose solutions to the energy bottlenecks observed.

Learn more about CASASOL project

Since 2014, INES has participated in 91 European projects representing a funding of 19 M€ for the institute over the period. 

>>CORDIS, the European Commission's research and development information service, is highlighting 10 EU-funded projects in the framework of Horizon 2020, projects that are either ongoing or have just been completed, which address the technical and scientific challenges facing solar energy today. INES is a partner in 5 of its 10 flagship projects that are bringing solar energy to Europe. 

• OSMOSE Optimal System-Mix Of flexibility Solutions for European electricity
• UNITED-GRID Integrated cyber-physical solutions for intelligent distribution grid with high penetration of renewables
• APOLO SmArt Designed Full Printed Flexible RObust Efficient Organic HaLide PerOvskite solar cells
• SUPER PV CoSt redUction and enhanced PERformance of PV systems
• CIRCUSOL Circular business models for the solar power industry
• GOPV Project Global Optimization of integrated PhotoVoltaics system for low electricity cost
• SUNHORIZON Sun coupled innovative Heat pumps
• BE-SMART Innovative Building Envelope for Sustainable, Modular, Aesthetic, Reliable and efficient construction
• TECH4WIN Disruptive sustainable TECHnologies FOR next generation pvWINdows
• ALFAMA Advanced Lightweight and Flexible Array with Mechanical Architecture

• XFLEX Hydropower Extending Power System Flexibility
• HIGHLITE High-performance low-cost modules with excellent environmental profiles for a competitive EU PV
• HEAT-INSYDE Bringing advanced Heat batteries in residential heat and electric systems closer to market through real life demonstration in different climates
• TALENT Cost effective technological developments for accelerating energy transition
• ERIGRID 2.0 European Research Infrastructure supporting Smart Grid and Smart Energy Systems Research, Technology Development, Validation and Roll Out – Second Edition
• ECHARGE4DRIVERS Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for improved User Experience
• IBECOME Intelligent Building Energy Assets Control for Comfort, Energy and Flexibility Optimisation
• SERENDI-PV Smooth, REliable aNd Dispatchable Integration of PV in EU Grids
• DRES2Market Technical, business and regulatory approaches to enhance the renewable energy capabilities to take part actively in the electricity and ancillary services markets
• TIGON Towards Intelligent DC-based hybrid Grids Optimizing the network performance
• RESILEX https://www.resilex-project.eu/