Capenergies : The Energy Transition cluster
Capenergies’ activities align with the policies and strategies of France’s energy transition law, helping to drive local energy policy with a focus on innovation, green growth and economic development.
The competitiveness cluster is playing a central role in the energy transition by working to transform research into innovative products and services for high-growth markets.
The cluster’s main ambition is to enable businesses to develop technology solutions and innovative products for specific markets, thereby helping to strengthen local energy sectors and, in doing so, create growth and jobs.
The cluster is a network of energy stakeholders that seeks to develop synergies between the worlds of academia and industry, around three central themes.
The areas covered by Capenergies and its target markets relate directly to the objectives of France’s energy transition law.
The French Energy Transition for Green Growth Law:
The Energy Transition for Green Growth Law, passed by the National Assembly on 22 July 2015, aims to develop a new energy model and to enable France to make a more effective contribution to tackling climate change.
The law sets out the conditions governing energy efficiency gains and the production of renewable energy, with a view to reducing the economic, environmental and health impact of fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases.
France and its overseas territories and departments have considerable geographical assets – the country has the highest agricultural potential in Europe and the continent’s third-largest pool of forest resources. The country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) covers 11 million km² of sea area, making it the world’s second-biggest maritime power. It also has the second-highest renewable energy production capacity in Europe by virtue of its substantial hydroelectric power potential.
In an effort to capitalise on its natural assets, France’s law sets out the regulatory framework governing the development of solutions to meet two of society’s key challenges – challenges that national and global energy policies are currently seeking to address: meeting populations’ energy supply needs, and protecting the environment by increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix.
