Special Interviews

CEA (Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) is one of France’s national technological research centers. It participated in RD20 (Research and Development for Clean Energy Technologies) which started in 2019, and pursues energy innovation for decarbonation of society. CEA is mandated by French government to achieve research and innovation supporting the energy transition and the digital transition. . CEA-Liten is an institute localized in Grenoble Area that focused on renewable energy. We asked Dr. Florence Lefebvre-Joud (Photo 1), who is Research Director at CEA-Liten in charge of international partnerships, about the institute’s approach for RD20.

Research and Development for Clean Energy Technologies (RD20), which launched in 2019, is an international R&D framework for achieving carbon neutrality. At its past three conferences there have been few participants from overseas and there is a desire to increase that number. We spoke about RD20 2022’s aims with Michio Kondo (photo) of the Global Zero Emissions Research Center (GZR) at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), RD20’s host.