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Innovating together to bring about energy transition
Energy transition is an issue that affects us all. At Teréga, we think it is through the sharing ideas and skills that future solutions will see the light of day and be put into action. That is why we are inviting everyone from within the energy ecosystem and beyond to work together to build the energy system of tomorrow.
A proactive partnership strategy with actors from many different fields
To bring its innovation projects to fruition, Teréga draws on more than 40 partners with a varied range of complementary skills. Their profiles are diverse: universities, start-ups, industries, actors in the energy sector, scientific experts and so on. We select partners who share our vision for the future of energy, and with whom we will be able to bring our daring projects to fruition.
Our partnership strategy has three aims:
to increase the skills of in-house teams in key technical fields, with public and private research organisations such as the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) or the Toulouse National Institute of Applied Science (INSA);
to work together over the long term working with other actors in the energy sector (GRTgaz, Storengy, SNAM etc.) on similar issues: joint project development, sharing advances and findings etc.
to support the development of innovative technologies or methodologies which will create value for Teréga: partnerships with research organisations, SMEs and start-ups.
Teréga also draws on its involvement in different research organisations and associations, both within France and internationally: GERG (European Gas Research Group), EPRG (European Pipeline Research Group), ITTECOP (Land Transport Infrastructures, Ecosystems and Countryside), etc.
Teréga: backing Open Innovation
To sustain our drive for innovation and to increase the diversity of our partnerships, we have been committed for a number of years now to various Open Innovation initiatives alongside organisations such as CITEPH (Cooperation for Technological Innovation in the field of energy), the Avenia competitive cluster and the Strategic Board of new energetic systems.
This approach enables us to involve our customers, suppliers and future partners more fully in the joint search for new solutions to bring about the energy transition and digital transformation currently in progress. The promising results have convinced us we should position ourselves as challenges initiators and launch TENEXI.
TENEXI: participative innovation by Teréga
To take its collaboration further, Teréga has embraced the concept of taking advantage of collective intelligence, launching its own Open Innovation process: TENEXI (from the French expression Tous ENsemble Explorons l’Innovation - let’s all explore innovation together). By calling for projects on key themes within our activities and involving a wide external ecosystem, we hope to:
tackle challenges within our own area of activities;
secure the adaptation of new solutions to our activities;
support the development of innovative companies.
Beyond Open Innovation, TENEXI is also intended to encourage the emergence of innovative solutions within the organisation. Ideation challenges for employees were also launched in 2020. This process enables each person to become a player in the evolution of the company, and to see the germination of ideas to deal with the challenges encountered internally.
Since January 2024, eleven Teréga employees have been taking part in the first season of TENEXI's intrapreneurship program, an initiative awarded the 2024 Innovation Trophy at the Group's Annual Convention. In partnership with Village by CA, an expert in supporting start-ups, this unique program aims to develop the entrepreneurial skills of in-house employees. Through seven intensive bootcamps, these employees benefit from intensive, enriching training and inspiring encounters, enabling them to transform their ideas into concrete business projects for Teréga. This initiative is a gas pedal that reinforces the company's culture of innovation.
Teréga energies its internal innovation culture
To complement these in-house ideation challenges with TENEXI, we initiated an “Innovation Tour” in 2018. The most recent tour started in November 2022 in Pau, and then travelled through the different territories of Teréga until March 2023. During this tour, all employees are mobilised to cultivate the spirit of innovation through workshops, presentations of new technologies or service offers. Discover the 2022-2023 edition of the Innovation Tour in pictures !
