Innovation

Architects of the Industrial Energy Transition 

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hyBATROSS

An innovative solution for the large-scale production of renewable hydrogen at sea.

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Clean City

A compact, modular product from Carbone Capture designed for small CO2 emitters in urban and suburban areas.

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In light of the climate emergency and Net Zero goals, manufacturers need partners who can:

  • Evaluate and select relevant technologies in a rapidly evolving ecosystem

  • Integrate these solutions into constrained environments (offshore, nuclear, maritime, continuous processes)

  • Ensure the technical and economic viability and regulatory acceptability of investments

Our 4 key areas of focus:

  • Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Energy Efficiency

  • Renewable energy production and vectors

  • Circular economy & resource recovery

  • CO₂ capture, storage, and utilization

EKIUM
Ekium mobilizes 10 years of collaborative R&D expertise and over 50 innovation projects a year to turn these ambitions into operational realities.
Sébastien VIMEUX
Innovation Manager

Industrial Innovation: Ekium shapes the future together

We apply our technical and industrial expertise across 12 strategic areas.

What we do
50

Projects/year

5

Scientific publications

4

Trademarks

10M€

R&D budgets mobilized

20

Collaborative projects

4

Patents

15

Innovative Products and Solutions

10

R&D collaboration or partnership agreements

See our collaborative projects

Our customers' challenges

  • Sustainability issues: at the heart of our customers' expectations

    Our customers are looking for partners capable of thinking of their facilities as living organisms, integrated into a social, economic and environmental ecosystem. It is this holistic vision that Ekium places at the heart of its innovation.

  • The global footprint as a strategic compass

    Our customers want to control the impact of their assets throughout the entire life cycle of their projects. Analysis of this cycle becomes a major decision-making tool for anticipating hidden costs and optimizing sustainable value.

  • Territorial roots as a success factor

    Social acceptability and local integration are critical issues. Our customers are looking for solutions that enhance local content and generate positive spin-offs for communities, a prerequisite for project viability.

  • Long-term vision as a competitive advantage

    Our customers prefer approaches that guarantee operational sustainability and minimal impact. They expect their partners to integrate sustainable maintenance, scalability and continuous optimization issues right from the design stage, transforming each project into a sustainable investment.

Cérémonie de la remise des prix : Denis BOUTEILLE, Responsable Agence Performance Industrielle et Energétique, Jean-Marie REVERDEL, Head of Equipment & Facilities Management Euroapi, Léo JEANDEAU Ingénieur Projet Performance Energétique.

Our Approach

1. Architect of Innovative Energy Solutions

We design innovative solutions to support your industries in the Energy Transition by leveraging our expertise and experience in addressing industrial challenges. Through active technology monitoring, we collaborate with research centers and startups to expand our expertise. We also develop proprietary solutions that address regulatory challenges and market trends.

2. Technology Solutions Integrator

We promote and integrate new technologies into your projects and industrial sites. In collaboration with innovation leaders, we support the development of solutions from the laboratory scale through to industrialization (up-scaling), taking into account safety, manufacturability, integration, and maintenance. We also specialize in the marine adaptation of equipment for maritime, underwater, or river applications.

3. Technical and Economic Analysis

We support our clients in their innovation and R&D projects to turn decarbonization goals into industrial and economic realities.

  • Solution evaluation and selection : Technical and economic analysis incorporating CAPEX, OPEX, LCA, and multi-criteria screening to identify optimal solutions.

  • Customized decarbonization roadmaps: Energy and carbon assessments to develop realistic pathways that account for operational, regulatory, and budgetary constraints.

  • From design to implementation: Integration of innovative concepts from the early stages, optimized sizing, and support for scaling up to industrial levels.

Our strategic partnerships

  • Research programmes - ADEME
  • Research programmes - BPI
  • Research programmes - ERDF
  • Research programmes - FEM

    Programmes de recherche - FEM

  • Research programmes - Horizon Europe
  • Research programmes - INTERREG

More than 10 collaborative projects are submitted each year as part of regional, national, or European research programs.

See our achievements

Our key expertise

Our News & Technical Publications

  • Offshore hydrogen: Ekium helps shape the future of offshore power generation

    EVOLEN publishes its note on offshore hydrogen to decarbonize heavy industry and mobility, with contributions from Ekium, which is developing innovative concepts for offshore hydrogen and ammonia production through the Hyskua and OPHARM2 projects.

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  • Ekium & Otrera

    A strategic partnership to shape the future of nuclear power!

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  • Ekium at the EVOLEN 2025 annual conference

    Offshore hydrogen, a strategic lever for European energy sovereignty!

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  • Ekium at the UNOC 2025 conference

    Advancing maritime decarbonization with ammonia as fuel!

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Group presence

The Snef Group operates across four continents—the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania—in 30 countries and 80 cities, with a network spanning more than 100 international locations.