Ph.D. Jakub Kupecki, prof. IEn - Director of the Institute of Energy

Institute of Energy – Research Institute (IEn) is one of the largest institutes in Poland conducting research in the field of energy technologies. The Institute is a modern research and implementation center subordinated to the Ministry of Climate and Environment.

The Institute’s activities cover a wide area of energy research: from expert work for the needs of the power sector, to the most advanced future energy generation technologies, such as fuel cells, clean coal technologies and renewable energy sources. The Institute’s advantage is its experienced scientific, engineering and technical staff as well as its modern, often unique laboratory base. The Institute is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Energy Research Alliance EERA and participates in the implementation of numerous international research projects of the European Union.

The mission of the Energy Institute is to develop innovative technologies leading to the creation of a sustainable and safe energy system. Through its research, implementation, expert and advisory activities, the Energy Institute supports sustainable forms of energy generation and consumption, energy saving and efficiency, clean methods of using fossil fuels and the inclusion of renewable energy sources in energy systems.

The Institute began work in the area of nuclear energy in the 1980s. Currently, the Institute’s work in the field of nuclear energy is the extraction of power and the use of nuclear power plant cycles as a source of heat or steam for hydrogen production processes in high-temperature electrolysers and thermochemical cycles.

Selected studies in the area of NPP:

  • Boiski M., Chemicz S., Dryll M., Hercog J., Kupecki J., Motylinski K., Świątkowski B., Development of the division of the installation cooperating with the HTGR reactor circuit and the method of their separation, as well as determining the tools for static calculations
    and dynamic models (2021)
  • Milewski J., et al., Hydrogen Production in Solid Oxide Electrolyzers coupled with Nuclear Reactors. Int J Hydrogen Energy 2021;46(72):35765-76
  • Bocian P., Boski M., Futyma K., Glot B., Hercog J., Kupecki J., Motylinski K., Świątkowski B., Conceptual design of a research and demonstration installation for an industrial secondary circuit cooperating with the HTGR reactor circuit and definition possible ways of using HTGR thermal energy in the receiving system (2021)

Completed projects (2021):

  • Conceptual design of a research and demonstration installation for an industrial secondary circuit cooperating with the HTGR reactor circuit and determining possible ways of using HTGR thermal energy in the receiving system
    (as part of the Gospostrateg goHTR project)
  • Development of the division of the installation cooperating with the HTGR reactor circuit and the method of their separation, as well as defining tools for static and dynamic calculations of the model (as part of the Gospostrateg goHTR project)
  • Comparative analysis of energy systems dedicated to low-emission and large-scale hydrogen production
    (in cooperation with the Warsaw University of Technology)