SOLEIL II is a tremendous opportunity for training in engineering and technical professions, technology transfer to French companies, and raising public awareness of scientific and technical professions in a dynamic European context.
• Impact on research and innovation
• Economic impact
• Societal impact, training and outreach
Each year, SOLEIL welcomes more than 5,000 users from 1,200 French and international laboratories and more than 120 industrial companies, who undertake about 650 scientific projects using this unparalleled, multidisciplinary tool. The increased effectiveness of experiments made possible by SOLEIL II will increase these numbers by about 30 percent.
Bibliometric analysis reveals that the projects carried out by SOLEIL users have a higher impact and a stronger innovative character than their non-synchrotron work.
SOLEIL has developed close and fruitful partnerships with many major academic and industrial players in the fields of energy, health, and the environment who, by making SOLEIL II a core component of their strategic approaches, will be able to maximize the impact the synchrotron has on R&D.
Système d’amplification radiofréquence, conçu et développé à SOLEIL, permettant l’accélération du faisceau d’électrons à chaque tour de booster ou d’anneau de stockage. SOLEIL a été le premier synchrotron à utiliser ces dispositifs, à présent devenus des éléments incontournables pour tous les projets de modernisation vers de nouveaux synchrotrons de 4ème génération.
A recent socioeconomic impact study shows that one million euros spent by SOLEIL leads to, on the one hand, another million euros of value added to the French economy and, on the other hand, supports more than twelve jobs in France. Beyond these effects, SOLEIL II has a very strong potential for innovation—already eight patents related to the project are in preparation. Going forward French companies and business associations will be involved in our initiative to acquire the necessary know-how in cutting-edge instrumentation and to successfully participate in the many similar projects in Europe and beyond.
A project as innovative as SOLEIL II already fosters training opportunities on numerous cutting-edge technologies. The project will further strengthen SOLEIL’s dynamic learning policy, with its staff traditionally mentoring between 20 and 30 apprentices per year.
SOLEIL also supports the exchange and dissemination of scientific and technological culture, and welcomes all audiences. More than 4,000 people visit the synchrotron annually. Research carried out at SOLEIL II will provide new possibilities for educational and outreach projects, which will continue to be developed with SOLEIL’s multiple academic partners.
