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FORESEE

The FORESEE project, led by the University of Grenoble Alpes and its partners (CNRS, INRAE, the Universities of Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon 3, and Montpellier 3), aims to understand and anticipate the social consequences of climate change. It explores individual reactions, the adaptive capacities of regions, and the impacts on the social contract. This interdisciplinary program brings together more than 300 researchers in the humanities and social sciences. It includes the creation of an Observatory on Climate Inequalities and tools to support public policy.

Flex-Mediation

The development and integration of renewable energy into the energy system is now a major challenge in the ecological transition. However, this integration poses significant challenges. While the electricity system requires a constant balance between supply and demand, the generation of renewable energy—such as solar and wind power—depends on weather conditions and is therefore variable over time. Some view this “intermittency” as a threat to the stability of power grids. However, solutions exist and are being developed to manage this variability and bring greater flexibility to the system. In this context, the Flex-Mediation research project focuses on mediation efforts carried out by intermediary organizations between electricity producers and end-users with the aim of adjusting electricity demand over time. The analysis will also examine the regulatory and legal framework governing the operations of these actors, which plays a key role in mobilizing consumers to contribute to flexibility. Understanding mediation mechanisms requires an in-depth and dynamic analysis of the sociotechnical system of electricity, at the national, local, and even micro-local levels. Thus, Flex-Mediation seeks to answer the following questions: What are the main forms of mediation—existing and emerging, market-based or community-based—between electricity generation and end users? How is the variability of renewable energy sources accounted for in these mediations? Finally, how is regulation evolving to account for the variability of renewable energy sources on the consumption side?