The ultimate goal of the IMDEA Energy Institute is to produce outstanding scientific and technological contributions for reaching a sustainable energy system. Accordingly, the Institute is aimed to strength the R&D activities on energy topics by bringing together top level researchers, providing them with excellent infrastructures and resources, and promoting their close collaboration with the industrial sector. It is envisioned that IMDEA Energy Institute will become in the mid-term one of the reference institutions in energy-related research at international level.