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program goals
To provide students with the necessary conceptual, theoretical, and
experimental foundations in renewable energies to start a career in academia
or industry:
o With a PhD thesis in a state-of-the-art research team
o As a researcher or project manager in an industry research laboratory,
in energy agencies or companies
o As Project Manager, Business Unit Manager, etc
in industry in either the technical or business spheres
o As specialist in energy strategies for large companies or SMEs
in the field of renewable energies
program at Ecole Polytechnique
M1 - Ecole Polytechnique
M2 - Ecole Polytechnique & ParisTech
Energies of the 21st Century
Renewable Energy Science and Technology
Core courses: mainly Physics and Mechanics
Overview of the energy domain (resource, climate,
nuclear technology, photovoltaics, fusion…)
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Opened: September 2011
Energy-focused courses in the following domains:
Photovoltaics / Energy Vectors and Storage /
Energy Distribution Networks / Wind and Hydro
Power
General courses : Socioeconomic Issues / Topical
Seminar Series / Project Management, Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
Full curriculum taught in English
“REST” program overview
Core Scientific Courses
Energy
Distribution
Networks
Photovoltaics
Energy Vectors
and Storage
- Physics of Solar Cells
- Thin-Film Photovoltaics
-Photovoltaic Technologies
in Industry
-Polymers for Photovoltaics
-Renewable Generation of
Electricity using
the Thermal Cycle
-Hydrogen and Energy
-Batteries and Energy Storage
-Introduction to
Power Systems
-Stochastic and Dynamic
Optimization: Adaptive
Storage and Delivery of
Renewable Energies
Wind and
Hydropower
-Wind Power
-Fluvial and Maritime
Resources for Ren. Energy
-Fluide-structure couplings in
offshore wind and marine
energy
Transversal Content
- Introduction to Biomass and Bioenergy
- Specialization Course in Biomass and Bioenergy
- General Interest Seminars
- Language Courses
New Energies and New Markets
Project Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“REST” program – scientific courses 1
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Photovoltaics
Physics of Solar Cells
• Introductory course from semiconductor physics to solar cell operation
Thin-Film Photovoltaics
• Fabrication, characterization, and operation of thin-film devices
Photovoltaic Technologies in Industry
• Experimental course (LPICM and IrDep facilities) of cell fabrication and
testing, and industrial lectures (Total) on cost evaluation and innovation
Polymers for Photovoltaics
• Organic semiconductors, chemistry, and device physics (including dyesensitized cells and perovskites)
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Energy Vectors
and Storage
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Renewable Generation of Electricity using the Thermal Cycle
• Thermodynamic cycles, CSP, Biomass, geothermal
Hydrogen and Energy
• Production, storage, , fuel cells, and economic issues (includes
laboratory demonstrations)
Batteries and Energy Storage
• Electrochemistry, materials science, battery operation (includes
laboratory demonstrations)
“REST” program – scientific courses 2
Energy
Distribution
Networks
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Introduction to Power Systems
• Transmission system operation, integration of renewable energy,
storage, markets, Smart Grids.
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Stochastic and Dynamic Optimization: Adaptive Storage and Delivery
of Renewable Energies
Introduction to numerical optimization, optimal control, combinatorial
optimization, application to power grids, practical application with
SciLab.
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Wind Power
• turbine aerodynamics, design and operation, control, numerical
simulations and lab. demonstrations at ENSAM
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Fluvial and Maritime Resources for Renewable Energy
• Hydroelectric resource, fluvial hydraulics, tidal wavepower, wave
energy, thermal marine power…
Fluide-structure couplings in offshore wind and marine energy
• lab. demonstrations at ENSTA
Wind and
Hydropower
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course selection
Goal: allow flexibility, while keeping consistency
Each student is required to take eight courses, with some guidelines:
 Choice of two specialties among:
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Photovoltaics
Energy Vectors and Storage
Energy Distribution Networks
Wind and Hydro Power
- Within each specialty the student has to take two courses (four total)
 Project Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship is obligatory
(includes case study project)
 Three electives among remaining courses
In addition:
 Topical Seminars
 Language Course
program organization
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All courses given in English
Language courses provided (French for non-francophones)
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Students obliged to achieve French level to pass M2 year
All lecture courses take place at Ecole Polytechnique (20 min south of Paris)
Student housing available on campus
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Some laboratory sessions given in research labs around Paris
Industrial support
• Industrial grants for life expenses of the students ( 10 k€ / year )
≈ 15 in total
Provided by the leading French companies in the energy domain
(worldwide market) :
Total, EDF, Air Liquide, Schneider Electric, Saint Gobain, PSA, Alstom, GDFSuez
• Internship (6 month) : extra support available (research laboratories or
industry)
strong research base
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Laboratory of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films (LPICM, Ecole Polytechnique)
Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LADHYX, Ecole Polytechnique)
Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS, Ecole Polytechnique)
Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD, Ecole Polytechnique)
Applied Mathematics Center (CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique)
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Centre for Energy and Processes (CEP, Mines ParisTech)
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Institute for Photovoltaic Energy Research and Development
(IRDEP, CNRS / EDF / Chimie ParisTech)
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Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics (Arts & Métiers ParisTech)
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Laboratory of Chemistry and Processes (ENSTA ParisTech)
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Laboratory of Information Processing and Communication (TELECOM ParisTech)
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Laboratory of Environment and Arable Crops (AgroParisTech / INRA)
Never far from research: PV Industry Lab leads to scientific publication:
J. W. Choi, C.H. Kim, Jonathan Pison, Akinola Oyedele, D. Tondelier,
A. Leliege, E. Kirchner, P. Blanchard, J. Roncalib, and B. Geffroy ,
RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 5236
IPVF (Institut Photovoltaïque d’Ile de France )
French National Project (IEED)
Location : Ecole polytechnique campus
2016-2017
IPVF in a few words
Creation of a national institute with a faculty staff 150-200 p, budget of about
200 M€ (for 10 years) and building 9 000 m2.
Collaboration between academic and industrial partners : CNRS (French
National research council), Ecole polytechnique, Total, EDF, HORIBA, RIBER,
AIR LIQUIDE
Objective : breakthrough on future PV technologies for a competitive energy
cost on the international market, based on the use of high technology
platforms
High quality formation of the international students required by the PV
laboratories and the industrial R&D centers (REST Master program)
Located on Plateau de Saclay (Ecole polytechnique campus) in order to take
advantage of the best european scientific environment
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The IPVF strategy based on the innovation triangle
In order to obtain ambitious objectives, the IPVF strategy is based on
three main pillars :
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Research : high technological experimental platforms used by the best PV research
teams at the international level
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Developpement : R&D industrial research including development of pilot lines
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Education : the IPVF equipments will be used by international Master students on
renewable energies (Master program REST), and PhD students.
IPVF
Development
Innovation Triangle
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IPVF : Scientific program
Processes and thin films for high efficiency crystalline silicon technology.
High efficiency thin film chalcogenide technology
New concepts for high performant PV devices :
 New concepts for very high efficiency PV cells
 III-V cells
 Organic materials for inorganic PV cells
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Advanced Characterizations, theories and modeling
NanoGPS coupling of characterization tools
New electrical and optoelectrical characterization tools
Chemical profiling of PV materials and devices
Theory and modeling
Social and environmental impact
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IPVF : Building project (Delivery : 2016)
Location : Palaiseau, Plateau de Saclay (Ecole polytechnique campus)
9 000 m2 (laboratories and offices)
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student body – diversity and growth
Year 1, 2011: 12 students
Mexico, Morocco, France, Turkey, India, China, Japan
Europe,
Ukraine,
Lebanon
US, Mexico, Chile, Brazil
India, Bangladesh, China
Senegal, Nigeria, Rwanda
Year 2, 2012:
46 students
student body – diversity and growth
Year 3, 2013: 37 students (from 161 applicants)
Estonia, Turkey, China
US, Chile, Argentina, Brazil
UK,
Europe,
Ukraine,
Morocco,
Lebanon
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam
Seven Industrial Partners plus GDF Suez provide a total of 12 bursaries (10k€ each)
Goal of 15 bursaries for 2014-2015
international links: RENE program
European exchange program funded by KIC Innoenergy Initiative
M1:
Energies of the
21st Century
(non-KIC)
M1:
UPC (Barcelona)
M2:
UPC (Catalonia)
M1:
KTH (Stockholm)
M2:
KTH (Stockholm)
M1:
IST (Lisbon)
M2:
IST (Lisbon)
ESADE business school (Barcelona) provides entrepreneurship training
international links : ICARE program
Sino-European “Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy (ICARE) ” project
Led by ParisTech and supported by the European Union
Partners:
ParisTech, coordinator (Mines ParisTech, Ecole Polytechnique, Chimie ParisTech, ENSTA ParisTech, Arts et
Métiers ParisTech, Telecom ParisTech), Università di Roma I Sapienza (Italy), University of Saragosse (Spain),
Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, Greece),
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD, France)
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, host of the institute (HUST, Wuhan), Wuhan University of
Technology (Wuhan), South-East University (Nanjing)
Activities:
Joint Master Program in Wuhan (September 2011. 5 students joined M2 REST in 2012, 6 in 2013)
Research collaboration
Vocational training
ICARE program (Wuhan – China) : 2012
MOOC creation
MOOC : Massive Open Online Course
Utilisation de la plate-forme Coursera (langue Française)
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2014 : « Physique des cellules solaires au silicium » (B. Drévillon, J. Nassar)
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2015 : « Cellules solaires en couche mince » (P. Roca, J.F. Guillemoles) et « polymères
pour le photovoltaïque » (G. Horowitz)
« ressources fluviales et maritimes pour les énergies renouvelables » (A.
Stegner)
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Possibilité d’extension aux autres cours du Master REST
MOOC : plate-forme flexible.
- Cours + exercices (TD)
- Formation continue
- Support pour sessions encadrés (utilisation possible d’équipements)