Welcome to the IREENA - UR 4642

The Nantes Atlantique Electrical Energy Research Institute, based in Saint-Nazaire, is made up of 65 people, including 24 research professors, 2 associate researchers, 1 emeritus professor, 6 post-doctoral students, 2 IATSS, 2 research engineers and 22 doctoral students. The permanent staff are attached to Polytech Nantes, the IUT of Saint-Nazaire, the IUT of La Roche-sur-Yon, the ICAM and the ESEO Angers.
 
IREENA conducts upstream research with an application focus that can address societal challenges such as the safety and reliability of components and systems, energy efficiency for sustainable development, renewable energies, particularly marine renewable energies, and the industry of the future. The proposed solutions adopt a system approach supported by original modeling approaches. The laboratory's fields of application mainly concern transport (naval, aeronautical, automotive), sustainable energy management (offshore wind, hydro) and smartgrids (housing, energy mix).

The laboratory is structured in 3 Thematic Research Units (TRU):
 

• UTR 1 : Inductive techniques in complex environments.
  • Leader : Gérard Berthiau
  • Co-animator : Guillaume Wasselynck

• UTR 2 : Optimal and falt tolerant electromechanical and static conversion chains.
  • Leader : Nicolas Bernard
  • Co-animator : Mohamed Fouad Benkhoris

• UTR 3 : Management of electrical systems with high penetration of renewable energies.
  • Leader : Salvy Bourguet
  • Co-animator : Azeddine Houari