IFP Energies nouvelles at a glance

Objectives & Results

A public-interest mission

IFP Energies nouvelles is a world-class public-sector research and training center, aimed at developing the technologies and materials of the future in the fields of energy, transport and the environment. It provides public players and industry with innovative solutions for a smooth transition to the energies and materials of tomorrow – more efficient, more economical, cleaner and sustainable.

Mixed funding

IFP Energies nouvelles fosters knowledge transfer between long-term fundamental research, applied research and industrial development. It is funded both by a State budget and by resources provided by private French and foreign international partners.

Human resources and expertise

Representing more than 50 professions, from geological engineers to powertrain engineers, IFP Energies nouvelles's 1,737 staff, based in Rueil-Malmaison and Lyon, form a unique body of specialists and an unparalleled network of expertise. To successfully carry out their research work, they have access to an extremely high-quality technical environment, in terms of both facilities and testing resources.

Graduate training programs for engineers

An integral part of IFP Energies nouvelles, IFP School offers graduate training programs for engineers designated to meet the needs of industry. The quality of its teaching, combined with the extent and diversity of its partnerships with universities and industry, make it a prominent international force. Every year, more than 600 students from around the globe graduate from the school, fully prepared to take up the challenges posed by the energies of the future.

A driving force in the industrial development of its research results

In a constant drive for progress, IFP Energies nouvelles aids the conversion from invention to innovation, from patent to product and from research to industry. Since its inception, IFP Energies nouvelles has therefore been a major driving force for industrial development, with more than 40,000 patents to its credit filed in France and throughout the world (including more than 12,800 active patents).
From the outset, IFP Energies nouvelles has been committed to seeing the outcome of its research exploited by industry. This has prompted it to support the creation of some thirty companies, which have themselves become significant employers and exporters. A core component of the policy of technology transfer to the market, these businesses span all the research fields in which IFP Energies nouvelles is active: from oil research, consultancy and engineering to the supply of products, equipment and services, together with new energy technologies (NET).

Five strategic priorities

Controlled CO₂ - Capturing and storing CO ₂ to combat the greenhouse effect

As the bulk of CO₂ emissions result from energy use, efforts to reduce them must be combined with efforts to capture CO₂ wherever possible, i.e. primarily at industrial sites. IFP Energies nouvelles is developing processes for CO₂ capture, transport and underground storage, in order to prevent its release into the atmosphere.
+ IFP Energies nouvelles's research to control CO₂

Diversified fuels - Diversifying fuel sources

To alleviate the transport sector's dependence on oil, IFP Energies nouvelles is working on transforming biomass, gas and coal in a bid to develop the fuels of tomorrow, such as biofuels. It is also examining longer-term solutions, such as hydrogen.
+ IFP Energies nouvelles's research on fuels

Fuel-efficient vehicles - Developing clean, fuel-efficient vehicles

Supported by its cutting-edge experience in the field of powertrains, acquired in partnership with the world's major automobile manufacturers, IFP Energies nouvelles designs and perfects technological solutions aimed at constantly reducing fuel consumption and minimizing the environmental impact of vehicles.
+ IFP Energies nouvelles's research on engine technologies

Clean refining - Converting as much raw material as possible into energy for transport

On the strength of its recognized know-how in clean refining processes and petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles is developing technologies that will make it possible to produce larger amounts of environmentally-friendly fuels and composites.
+ IFP Energies nouvelles's research on refining

Extended reserves - Pushing back the boundaries in oil and gas exploration and production

Because oil and gas exploration has so far been carried out only at the most accessible sites, IFP Energies nouvelles is inventing and supplying the technologies needed to exploit reserves that are as yet untapped, making it possible to go further and deeper, working more efficiently and for longer.
+ IFP Energies nouvelles's research on exploration-production

+ IFP Energies nouvelles > Annual report
+ IFP Energies nouvelles > Key figures
+ Our commitment to research > Our researchers