To strengthen the synergies between operators French research, the Alliance
National Coordination of Research for Energy (Anchor) has just put
in place. The Anchor brings together all French public research organizations involved in energy issues. It has three main missions: to foster and strengthen partnerships and synergies between public research organizations, universities and companies, identify scientific obstacles, technological, economic and societal factors that limit industrial developments in the field of energy; Finally, offer multi-year projects of joint R & D and how they coordinated implementation.