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Based in the Paris-Saclay scientific cluster, its centres of expertise range widely from vibration mechanics, to software engineering, maths and digital simulation, electricity-saving, industrial risk management, ICT and digital metering architectures, megadata processing, customer relations and new service development.

This centre is managed jointly by EDF and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology  . It develops innovative energy solutions for the environment and energy storage, and for low carbon cities and regions. EIFER is central to a number of collaborative projects involving French and German academic and industrial institutions, such as the KIT, the Fraunhofer institutes and TU Berlin.

The centre is dedicated to the integration of smart energy systems into urban planning. It focuses on modelling, simulation and decision making support for Singapore urban scenarios. It works alongside local universities on issues such as quality of life, transportation, energy systems modelling, open space management and construction.

World leader in hydraulics and fluid mechanics, its work focuses on energy science applied to conventional and renewable generating resources. It is also home to the Cluster Connexion , an innovation programme for the design and production of instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants.

The China R&D Centre contributes to large-scale Chinese demonstrator projects for smart grids, sustainable cities and thermodynamic solar power generation. In collaboration with CGNPC, the centre also supports the EDF nuclear industry project in China. A series of partnerships have been developed with major Chinese energy industry stakeholders.

Research programmes and activities are conducted jointly by the R&D teams of Edison and EDF to support the development of the Group in Italy. The Edison R&D centre conducts work on electricity and hydrocarbons. It also runs research projects on decentralised generation, digital technology and new energy services and storage.

The research work conducted by this laboratory extends from the nuclear materials ageing studies to smart grids and breakthrough technologies for renewables and storage. It designs and tests new energy efficiency services but also domestic and industrial applications offers.

The aim of this centre is to implement new synergies between EDF’s R&D and EDF Energy in areas such as nuclear power, offshore wind energy, smart grids, digital technologies and energy efficiency technologies. The centre has many academic partnerships and works closely with the Energy Technologies Institute.

The centre supports EDF Group’s development in the US in the field of renewables, micro-grid, sustainable neighbourhood and emerging energy services data management. It also contributes to the longstanding partnerships established by EDF with centres of excellence such as the EPRI, MIT, Columbia and Berkeley.