Areas of intervention

NO ELECTRICITY, NO DEVELOPMENT!

RENEWABLE ENERGIES (RE) are considered inexhaustible, highlighting their potential to replace oil in the very short term. This includes solar radiation, which is a means of energy transport used in photosynthesis, and the water cycle, which paves the way for hydroelectric power through either hydroelectric dams or innovative run-of-river installations, wave power, ocean thermal energy, marine currents that provide tidal energy, as well as osmotic energy from freshwater entering the sea, and tidal energy from tide differences. All these technologies contribute to providing 21st-century energy while reducing pollution and carbon emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect.

These renewable energies (RE) gain added value and become RE&R when recovery energies (bio compost, etc.) are added to them.

Hydroelectricity

The production and utilization sectors of these new techniques are gaining a growing share of the GDP of developed and emerging economies, leading to the concept of the “new economy” or “knowledge economy,” which enhances economic competitiveness.

Scientific Research

Scientific research is not a form of speculative thinking but a necessary development hub for industries to meet new challenges and the expectations of populations in multiple fields beyond the social, economic, and institutional framework.

Emerging technologies are categorized in sectors such as:

• Displays with or without screens, light-emitting diodes, bionic contact lenses,
• Urban agriculture, aquaponics, vertical farming, hydroponics,
• Electronics with spintronics and smart textiles,
• Computing, with ubiquitous computing, quantum computers, and cryptography,
• Transport with hyperloop, jetpack, hoverbike, or specialized drones,
• Robotics, with home automation, microrobotics,
• Biomedical field, with synthetic biology, biostasis, ampakine.

In the healthcare sector, creating medical units and/or hospitals will be concrete implementations that can be rapidly set up to improve public health and contribute to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Industries, whether heavy, technological, or agri-food, such as metallurgy, chemical industry, or pharmaceutical industry, clothing or mechanical, electronic or computer industries, etc., will be distinguished based on the product's destination: basic industries, equipment, or production and consumption industries.

Scientific research must take place in specific locations that provide researchers with the means to carry out their activities by bringing together centers of expertise and encouraging exchanges.

Laboratories, which can be both public and private, are the preferred places where research activities occur.

These gather researchers, technicians, and administrative staff who ideally collaborate on one or several research projects or topics. These researchers share resources and means gathered in the laboratory.

There are laboratories for exact sciences, humanities and social sciences, or computer science.

Most research today is privately funded in developed countries. However, the state still plays an important and central role in research funding.

In developing countries, private funds are almost non-existent, and states do what they can.

ARCODE-EUROPE Ltd supports financial assistance to this sector.

Technological spin-offs offer new or less expensive products and services to producers and consumers of these goods and services. Workers may also be affected by the improvement or deterioration of their working conditions.

Strategic and Geostrategic Spin-offs:

States with scientific advances over others are advantaged and can trade their technology for privileges (e.g., technology transfer for market access) or oversee other states' projects.

Societal Spin-offs:

Research can help identify dysfunctions and potential improvements in social systems for the benefit of populations or organizations that manage them. Researchers can also act as independent experts, allowing political decisions to be based on objective scientific reports.



ARCODE-EUROPE encourages and supports research in several countries.