Our energy
Services
IKOS has diversified, offering services in the energy sector to respond to growing energy project requests. We created IKER, our dedicated energy service. After IKER started working on electrical network control-command systems, this has become an expertise IKER contributes to the sector. We have since expanded our field of operation to cover all areas of the energy sector.
Whether the energy source is nuclear, conventional (hydroelectric or thermal), or renewable (wind turbine, solar, hydro-electricity) power, our goal is to develop production, transport, and distribution of the future. We also hope to optimize the consumption of the major industrial sites and develop emerging technologies such as energy storage using hydrogen or batteries.
IKER has also taken interest in the nuclear power of the future, through a partnership with a special client. Along with IKOS Lab, they are investing in the development of SMR (Small Modular Reactor) technology. The goal is to develop new means of producing energy by nuclear power, that is cleaner and generates less nuclear waste than conventional nuclear power. This is a pioneer project in this area and this partnership, to which IKER belongs, is unique in Europe!
IKER is unique by nature of positioning and choice of projects. This confirms our role in a greener future through actively participating in the transformation of the energy sector, in France and abroad.
Instrumentation and Control-command
IKOS supports clients in the energy sector in project phases. This support includes providing expertise in instrumentation and control command: technical specifications, development, testing, verification, etc. Our methodology guarantees the reliability and operational safety of increasingly complex systems.
The transition in technology has increased our need for performance, surveillance, safety, and data analysis that guides us toward industrial process automation. IKOS provides expertise in the latest technological progress in our services.
IKOS is helping design and develop complex control-command systems for critical systems used in civil nuclear power and research. We are also involved on behalf of national operators of electrical transport and distribution networks.
Our expertise also includes compliance with standard IEC 61850, the communication protocol used in substation systems to produce electrical energy.
Low Voltage and Telecoms
The development of new energy sources is driving changes in the management of electricity grids. This has led to the standardization of communications protocols, such as IEC 61850. At IKOS, we are responding to the challenges of cyber security by developing a range of expertise based on this protocol and offering training modules for personnel who need to implement it. These networks are primarily for industrial or technical use buildings (control-command sites, shelters) where IKOS sets up video surveillance, detection, and access control systems.
Transmission and Distribution
IKOS supports manufacturers in designing systems and infrastructure for electrical energy production and transport, thanks to our expertise in railway traction substations.
IKOS is participating in improving energy supply through projects related to offshore wind power, submarine cables, and renewable energy. Sources of renewable energy include wind power, photovoltaics, and hydroelectricity. We improve interconnectivity between countries through HVDC technology and supplying electricity to the islands. To meet transmission challenges in hard-to-reach areas, we are also assisting in installing modular systems integrated into containers and mobile cabins.
IKOS works in the design phases (electrical, control command and auxiliary power supply, civil engineering, mechanical integration), manufacturing, assembling and installation, and on-site maintenance.
Materiel and Equipment
From design to dismantling, IKOS provides support in integrating reliability, safety, availability, and safety criteria throughout the life cycle of equipment. Preventive maintenance allows us to ensure that the energy production equipment, that is subject to severe physical and environmental constraints, is maintained in an operational state.
IKOS helps in designing and producing special machines for different industrial applications in metallurgy, and designing and implementing the stages of technical mechatronics engineering studies in these projects management and delivery.
Infrastructures and Civil Engineering
IKOS know-how in the field of infrastructure is mechanical dimensioning activities and resistance of structures. IKOS was involved in studies on major nuclear structures: RJH, FA3 and several CEA [French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission] buildings (Marcoule, Cadarache, Fontenay, Valduc, etc.).
On behalf of our clients we determine the compliance of infrastructures with increasing normative constraints regarding the complexity of the buildings. We conduct the necessary calculations and simulations for the building design.
We also design development projects that manage works for micro-dams and constructing infrastructure for renewable energy installations including wind farms, solar farms, etc.
