Chair or Research Initiative

Research initiative on the energy mix by 2050

Supported by ENGIE, this initiative aims to deepen understanding of the optimal energy mix for 2050.

Partner since 2008

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TSE and ENGIE have been collaborating for more than 15 years. This partnership combines academic research activities with exchanges designed to inform the Group’s strategic thinking on the challenges of the energy transition. In particular, it seeks to advance research that deepens the analysis and understanding of the optimal energy mix for 2050. 

Activities 

  • Research projects on issues of common interest,
  • Dissemination of research findings to stakeholders and decision-makers in the energy sector. 

The research projects supported through this partnership are designed from a long-term perspective and involve regular interactions between TSE researchers and ENGIE teams. 

Priority research areas

  • The optimal energy mix for 2050
  • Capital budgeting and evaluation of long-term investment decisions in the energy sector
Photo Pierre Laurent Lucille

ENGIE draws on TSE’s economic expertise and modelling know-how, seeking the objectivity of long-term academic research.

News

June 4-5, Energy and Climate Economics Conference

  • Research

  • Energy and Climate

ENGIE and TSE: a strategic partnership serving the energy transition

  • Corporate Relations

  • Energy and Climate

  • Partnership research

Interview with Pierre-Laurent Lucille, Chief economist, ENGIE

About ENGIE

ENGIE is a global French energy and industrial group whose activities are guided by a strategy aimed at achieving carbon neutrality through the development of renewable energy and the optimization of energy systems. 

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All publications

Discounting along the merit order, with an application to the electricity market

TSE Working Paper, vol. 26-1762,

A model of vertical restraints and labeling: the case of green gases

Sai Bravo-Melgarejo, and Carole Haritchabalet

Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2026, forthcoming

Optimal adaptation policies under a carbon budget constraint

Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 82, n° 101481,

Prosumers: Grid vs. individual storage

Sai Bravo-Melgarejo, and Carole Haritchabalet

Energy Economics, vol. 141, n° 108095,

Contact

Christian Gollier

Scientific director

Eve Séjalon

Responsable Partenariats de recherche et Centres

Pascale Maréchal

Chargée de projets partenariats de recherche