The energy transition: today and tomorrow (III)

Open access courses, no registration required, subject to availability.

The combination of climate change, the inherent limitations of natural resources, and the need for energy sovereignty requires humanity to embark on an energy transition that must meet this formidable challenge: replacing fossil fuels (coal, gas, and oil) with other forms of energy, whether electrical or not, such as nuclear, solar, wind, and bioenergy. There are many difficulties: the need to address the issue on a global scale, the need to solve technological problems (energy storage, biomass mobilization, transformation of a whole series of industrial processes, etc.), as well as the economic and social problems that inevitably accompany this transition.

Marc Fontecave, Professor of Biological Process Chemistry, member of the French Academy of Sciences and member of MaTerRE, will explore the various aspects of the energy transition during this new program running from November to December 2025 at the Collège de France.

These lectures will be accompanied by seminars given by specialists in climate, nuclear energy, energy storage, etc.