SuperGrid Institute

SuperGrid Institute was created in 2014 by a consortium of fourteen shareholders from the electrical industry in France (industrialists, institutional players & research and education organisations). A centre for research, tests and services concerning technologies for future electricity transmission networks, SuperGrid Institute obtained financial support from the "Investments for the future" programme, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region and the Métropole de Lyon. A collaborative research platform boasting 180 people of 28 nationalities, SuperGrid Institute brings together the complementary skills of engineers from the industrial world and academic researchers. Their work revolves principally around high-voltage direct current and the wide-scale integration of renewable energy in order to ensure the stability and security of tomorrow's electricity network.