InnoEnergy, set up in December 2009 by the European Union (EU) funded European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), is made up of 40 partners from business, research institutes and universities. The alliance will be focused in six European locations: Barcelona, Eindhoven/Leuven, Grenoble, Karlsruhe, Krakow and Stockholm. Each centre will coordinate one energy topic each for all partners in the consortium.
 
InnoEnergy’s consortium, a world class alliance of top European players with a proven track record, which notably includes Total, ABB (Energy and Automation Technology), EDF (Électricité de France SA), Areva, Schneider Electric, CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, France), Grenoble INP, Grenoble Ecole de Management, INSA Lyon, Alistore CNRS etc., will join forces to develop a strategy to tackle the weaknesses of the European innovation landscape and aim to be the leading motor for innovation in the field of sustainable energy.
 
InnoEnergy aims to create new technologies and new businesses that will reduce Europe’s carbon emissions, for example by improving how cities are designed and operate, and enable individual regions to prepare for changes in temperature, rainfall and landscapes.
 
The main objective of the consortium is to effectively use the competence of cluster members and their research & development capabilities, through joint development and implementation of innovative IT and ICT projects as well as joint application for funds for their execution.
 
Grenoble Ecole de Management’s expertise in Technology Management and Innovation fits in well with this new project.
 
Alps Valleys - Grenoble

Alps Valleys have, for more than a century, presence in the sector of low-C energy supply technologies (hydroelectricity, nuclear). Schneider Electric, Grenoble INP and CEA have inherited this experience while keeping it alive.
 
Grenoble is also a world-wide reference for fundamental research with two major intergovernmental European Institutes: Laüe Langevin Institute (ILL) and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). AREVA, especially interested in all the activities carried out in these fields, is also very active in the field of nuclear engineering education (European Academy of Nuclear Energy, together with other industrial partners).
 
Highly supported by the local authorities of the Rhône Alpes and PACA (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) regions, the InnoEnergy project, in that area, aims to set up a ‘Home for Sustainable Development’, a meeting and networking place for the partners.

About the EIT

The EU-funded EIT is an independent community body which was set up to address Europe's innovation gap. They aim to rapidly emerge as a key driver of EU sustainable growth and competitiveness through the stimulation of world-leading innovation.

About KIC

The Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) met on 16 December 2009 in Budapest to designate the first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs): Climate change mitigation and adaptation: Climate-KIC, the Sustainable energy: KIC InnoEnergy and the Future information and communication society: EIT ICT Labs. The priority area of the KIC InnoEnergy is to address sustainable energy. KIC InnoEnergy is committed to change the European energy system through innovation.