Designing more sustainable, high-performance energy systems that align with the transition
Designing more sustainable, high-performing energy systems compatible with the transition
At Aktan, we assist public and private energy stakeholders in the design, testing, and deployment of critical solutions for the energy transition: decarbonization, new applications, smart grids, operational optimization, and transformation of complex organizations.
Our belief: the success of an energy innovation project is not solely reliant on technologies or infrastructures. It is founded on understanding usage, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and the ability to adapt crucial organizations essential for the nation's functioning.
Our missions: from strategy to implementation
We operate across the complete transformation cycle:
Explore usage, behavior, and field constraints
Understand the reality of energy networks, industrial constraints, safety issues, client, technician, operator, and operator expectations.
Design the offers and services of tomorrow
Combine design, strategy, and innovation to build viable, desirable solutions that comply with the performance requirements of the energy sector.
Support implementation and transformation
Co-develop processes, structure pilots, secure energy innovation choices, and prepare for scale-up in critical organizations.
We help our clients move from prototype to impact, and from pilot to industrialization.
Our expertise
Energy transition & complex systems
Usage studies, design, and optimization of related services:
to energy infrastructures
to network distribution and management
to new low-carbon solutions
to electrification and hydrogen
to B2B/B2C energy equipment and services
Clients: EDF, Engie, RTE, GRDF, Vinci Énergie, Natran.
Customer experience & energy user relations
Experience design, transformation of customer relations, user journeys, and adoption facilitators in often complex contexts:
connection
billing
field interventions
customer support & assistance
energy efficiency and sobriety offers
Examples: GRDF, Engie, EDF.
New usages, innovation, and smart grids
Exploration, prototyping, and experimentation in:
energy communities
smart grids
industrial low-carbon solutions
new consumption models
data-based services
Examples: Orano, RTE, Natran, Vinci Énergie.
Why Aktan?
An expert team in critical systems
Our designers, consultants, and researchers have been involved for 20 years in the most complex environments: energy, transport, heavy industry, infrastructure, utilities.
We master the dynamics of essential organizations:
multi-site networks
regulatory constraints
safety and service continuity issues
public/private coordination
in-depth transformation
A unique systemic approach
We integrate all dimensions of an energy ecosystem:
technical
organizational
human
territorial
regulatory
economic
This comprehensive vision allows us to identify the levers necessary for the success of an energy innovation project and ensure its adoption.
Our references
Natran, EDF, Engie, RTE, GRDF, Orano, Vinci Énergie, Enedis (if you want to add), local authorities and energy unions, electric mobility players, low-carbon industrial actors.
Our typical deliverables
Usage studies and actor cartography in energy
Service design and prototyping in energy
Innovation workshops, simulations, and collective intelligence
Experimentation strategies and smart grid/pilot efficiency
Deployment plans and scaling up
Change management & skills enhancement
Comprehensive expertise, from idea to industrialization
We are involved at every stage:
→ exploration
→ strategy & design
→ prototype
→ pilot
→ deployment
→ continuous improvement
Our teams can lead a complete project or support an existing team to unlock a critical step or secure a strategic decision.
Our Associated Projects
Discover some of our accomplishments related to your industry.
Contact us if you'd like to learn more.
Forward-looking study on the future of industrial automation
For a leading player in industrial automation control systems, Aktan conducted a forward-looking study, mapping mega trends and creating design fiction scenarios to envision and build the innovation project portfolio.
Prospective Study on the Future of the European Gas Energy System
For a leading player in gas transportation in France and Europe, Aktan conducted a forward-looking study, mapped mega trends, and developed design fiction scenarios to project and build the group's technological development roadmap.
Designing a New Business
For an energy sector player, support in the emergence and structuring of a new activity dedicated to the management of radioactive waste in hospitals.
Digital B2B Energy Management Experience
For a major energy producer, diagnosis, prototyping, co-design, and testing of the new digital experience for managing electric energy for craftsmen.
B2B Energy Experience
Co-construction with the priority clients of an energy services provider, enabling the identification of strategy and major projects for customer experience redesign.
Empowering Energy in Regions
For an energy industry player, leading a Living Lab bringing together experts, citizens, and the community to co-create the best implementation solutions for methanation projects.
Value Chain & Ecosystem Activation
For a gas industry actor, exploration of opportunities for the development of a biognv sector with all stakeholders in the mobility and energy value chains.
Service Industrialization
For an energy industry player, support in structuring and industrializing an industrial ventilation activity.
Maintenance Management
For an energy sector player, supporting a project to redesign maintenance planning studies.
Design the energy transition offering for artisans' fleets
Prototyping and testing of an offer aimed at creating a comprehensive solution for transitioning vehicle fleets to electric.
