To support its customers, R&D relies on recognized expertise, testing resources that are sometimes unique in the world, and world-class know-how. These innovative solutions are accessible thanks to more than 70 modern, high-performance testing, measurement and simulation platforms in all areas of the energy sector. R&D has supercomputers reaching a 4-Petaflop capacity as well as major digital simulation software, making it a leading player in these fields.
Discover portraits of our researchers, their achievements, their projects and the ambition that drives them.
In the heart of the Paris-Saclay Campus, R&D houses various centres of expertise: vibrational mechanics, software engineering, mathematics and digital simulation, economics of electricity, industrial risk management, NICT and digital and metering architecture, big data processing, client relations, new services creation, and more.
EDF Research and Development Division
EDF Lab Paris-Saclay
7 boulevard Gaspard Monge
91120 Palaiseau
France
Phone: +33 1 78 19 32 00 Click here to get the plan
EDF Lab les Renardières is the largest R&D site within the EDF Group. It is home to some of the world most high-performance test facilities.
The research carried out there is highly varied: energy efficiency in the industry, in buildings and territories, safety and performance improvement in production facilities, reliability and future of electricity networks, etc.
EDF Research and Development Division
EDF Lab les Renardières
Avenue des Renardières
77250 Ecuelles - Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne
France
Phone: +33 1 60 73 60 73 Click here to get the plan
EDF Lab Chatou is a long-established R&D site with cutting-edge expertise in hydraulics, renewable energies, nuclear power and environment.
EDF Research and Development Division
EDF Lab Chatou
6, quai Watier
78400 Chatou
France
Phone: +33 1 30 87 72 44 Click here to get the plan
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
• Urban and energy planning
• Microgrids & energy management systems
• Electric mobility
• Digital services
Learn more about the EDF Lab Singapore
Discorver some of EDF R&D's laboratories and projects around the world.
EDF R&D has been developing advanced expertise in the CO₂ capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) sector for more than 20 years. Discover all the challenges related to the CCUS through three modules dealing with CO₂ emissions, capture and associated outlets.
The Pulse Explorer EDF Design Lab from is a research lab through Design integrated to EDF's R&D.
The RED WoLF Prject (Rethink Electricity Distribution Without Load Following) aims to improve renewable energy usage to reduce CO2 emissions through from houses not connected to gas and equipped with photo voltaic panels.
EDF is commissioning the first operational French microgrid demonstrator in Singapore.
