The research agenda is organized around six key challenges: 

1. impacts of electrification of end uses;
2. pathways and constraints of deep industrial decarbonization;
3. implications of decentralized energy decision-making;
4. modeling and valuation of flexibility needs induced by renewable energy deployment;
5. risks and opportunities associated with electric mobility;
6. and integration of new electricity demands arising from hydrogen production and data centers.

To address these challenges, the Chair mobilizes advanced analytical frameworks combining engineering and economic approaches, including multi-market analysis, stochastic optimization to manage uncertainty, cooperative game theory to model actor coordination, and demand analysis to anticipate future consumption. These tools aim to improve the understanding and design of complex, interconnected energy systems.

CEMSI is jointly led by Prof. O Massol and Ya. Perez (S.E.R.G.) and aims to contribute to the development of robust solutions for a sustainable, low-carbon, and decentralized energy future.