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Description of the Call for Solutions' Themes

Focus Theme n°1 : HSE

Health, safety and the environment (HSE) remain major issues in the energy sector, where industries operate in varied and often demanding environments and face complex, multi-dimensional challenges that require innovative, reliable and appropriate solutions.

Onshore, maritime and offshore operations, including vessels and platforms, present specific risks that need tailored solutions to ensure safe and sustainable operations. Remote or hazardous environments require robust personnel safety technologies. Early detection of critical incidents is vital to prevent incidents/accidents and minimize impacts. Advanced monitoring systems, using sensors and data analysis algorithms, enable a rapid and effective response to emergency situations, reducing the risk to people and the environment. Technologies aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of operations are essential for sustainable development. Innovative solutions in areas such as waste management, emissions reduction and resource efficiency help to minimize the environmental impact of industrial activities.

The theme of this call for solutions is health, safety and the environment (HSE). Without being exhaustive, this call is open to all start-ups likely to provide innovative and disruptive solutions :

• In different Environment: onshore, maritime and offshore of any sort: vessels, platforms
• Personal safety technologies for remote or hazardous environments
• Early detection and response systems for critical incidents
• Connected safety solutions for isolated workers
• Technologies to reduce environmental footprint in operations
• AI and data analytics for predictive risk assessment and HSE compliance
• Robotics and automation for maritime environment or high-risk tasks
• Solutions for environmental restoration or impact mitigation

Focus Theme n°2 : Materials for Energies

Whatever the type of energy, materials cover everything from prospecting and resource exploitation to production, conversion, transport and storage. Thus, the energy sector requires a multitude of materials. Moreover, the growing challenges facing the sector, particularly those associated with the energy transition and decarbonization, mean that higher performance criteria are required to meet the associated technological demands.

The industry is looking for durable materials that can operate in increasingly specific and severe environments: temperatures, pressures, onshore, offshore or marine environments, aggressive or corrosive environments. The aim is to improve their functional properties while making them more energy-efficient and more respectful of the environment, biodiversity and the marine ecosystem. Lifecycle analysis and the circular economy or recyclability aspect in an approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions (decarbonized energies) are a plus.

In addition, as part of an approach to reducing environmental impact, the substitution of critical materials and pollutants aims to eliminate these substances, such as flame retardants and PFAS. Alternatives are being developed, and these substitutions must comply with strict regulations such as REACH. The evaluation of new materials includes performance tests.

This new call for projects is open to all start-ups likely to provide innovative solutions or disruptive technologies for materials adapted to energy. This may involve design, characterisation, modelling, simulation, development, processes or specific instrumentation. Projects could, for example, address the following themes:

• In onshore, offshore, maritime, subsea environment, in extreme conditions
• Advanced Materials for Energy Efficiency

1. Thermal insulation, antifouling
2. Next-Generation Batteries and Storage Systems
3. Catalyser
4. Smart and Sustainable Materials
5. Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels
6. Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Innovation

• Innovation in chemistry and process to get enhanced properties
• Bio-sourced materials, recycled material
• Additive manufacturing
• Durability, Ecodesign , Life Cycle Analysis and optimization
• AI and Digital Tools for Material Discovery and/or optimisation