EDF Research & Development Bernard Salha Senior Executive Vice President Head of EDF R&D Roundtable on Scientific Support for European Industrial Competitiveness 2012, Feb 15th 1 1 EDF EDF Recherche Research et & Développement Development May Septembre 2011 2010
EDF in brief A global energy leader 37 million customers worldwide 158,842 employees worldwide 65.2 bn turnover, 44.5% of which stems from outside France 630.37 TWh produced worldwide 108.9 g CO 2 per kwh produced Key figures Electricity: all operational activities, from production to transmission & distribution and marketing Strong presence in Europe: France, UK, Italy Industrial operator in Asia and the United States Natural gas: a major player 44 Outside France, o.w. UK 16 Italy 9 2010 Turnover (%) 56 France 2010 Production Mix (Group) (%) 1.3 Other energies 7.9 Hydraulic 5.5 Gas 9.8 Fossil fuels Total: 630.4 TWh 75.4 Nuclear 2 2
Research programmes Specific R&D for all Group activities Generation Energy management Commercial development Electrical grids Renewable energies Covering all programmes: Information Technology 3 3
EDF R&D: key figures Médiathèque EDF over 2,000 people, including 31% women 370 doctors 220 doctoral students 520 M 2011 Budget 200 research fellows from Universities and other higher education establishments 2 International institutes (MAI, ECLEER) 7 Research Centres of which: 3 in France 1 in Germany (113 staff) 1 in the UK (16 staff) 1 in Poland (13 staff) 1 in China (11 staff) 4 4
R&D: top priorities Médiathèque EDF Research on electric vehicles: preparation of the elements used in a lithium battery cell 3 top priorities: Consolidating and developing a decarbonated electricity generation mix: - Nuclear advantage - Development of renewable energies - Carbon capture and storage Steering the energy demand: - Knowledge of the demand - New uses for electricity : Electric vehicle - Smart cities Adapting the electrical system: - Intermittency Management/ Flexibility needs for the electrical system - Smartgrids 5 5
How to create value out of innovation 1) Create intellectual property 2) Deployment of innovation inside the existing business unit - Importance of the networking/ relationship between academic partners, industry, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise and start-up to insure a narrow relay towards the business units : Examples at EDF : Cluster Connexion and IPVF - Identify most upstream possible the innovations requiring a specific attention to secure their industrialization 3) Development of new business - Develop knowledge on the innovative start-up and on the possible investment to develop new activities 6 6
How to transfer more quickly Scientific knowledge into innovation for industry Importance of partnership between scientific community and industry to transfer more quickly scientific knowledge Examples : - MAI : material ageing institute - Ecleer, European Centre and Laboratories for Energy Efficiency Research - Partnership between EDF and Manchester University on simulation tools - IPVF: Photovoltaïcs Institute Importance of Funding Bodies to support these partnerships and specially academic partners when associated with industrials ones. 7 7
How to achieve the right balance between sustainability and competitiveness Importance to adapt support to a new technology in function of its maturity Example of Photovoltaïcs : a too strong and too early support to industrialization? Need of R&D support to develop 2 nd generation of PV (Thin film) Price of the technology R&D Support Support of industrialization Level of competitivity Market times 8 8
Conclusion 3 top priorities : - Consolidating and developing a decarbonated production mix: - Steering the energy demand - Adapting the electrical system (in particular Internittency management) Importance of the networking/ relationship between academic partners, industry, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise and start-up to insure a narrow relay towards the industry Importance of Funding Bodies to support these partnerships and specially academic partners when associated with industrials ones Importance to adapt the support to a new technology in function of its maturity. 9 9