Apr 15, 2021
The tenders to implement the Italian fusion project Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT), promoted by ENEA, Eni and the Consortium CREATE, have exceeded 85 million euro and in recent months further six shareholders - the INFN, Consortium RFX, Polytechnic University of Turin, Tuscia University, University of Milan-Bicocca and Rome Tor Vergata University, soon to be joined by the CNR- have joined DTT Scarl, the company that will build this unique experimental facility.
Apr 15, 2021
Over 4 thousand complex numerical simulations were performed by Italian research institutes wishing to join ENEA in the fight against Covid-19 to exploit the processing power of the supercomputer CRESCO6, which in 2018 entered the TOP500 ranking of the world's most powerful computational machines.
Apr 15, 2021
Energy poverty is on the rise in Italy, even if slightly. According to the latest data made available by ENEA for the annual report of the Italian Observatory on Energy Poverty (OIPE), between 2016 and 2018 the phenomenon affected approximately 40 thousand more families, a 0.1% growth annually, equivalent to 8.8% at national level.
Apr 15, 2021
ENEA has patented an innovative environment-friendly composter to convert household food waste into compost with high agronomic qualities. The device saves the energy needed to activate the aerobic process and cuts the cost for waste disposal.
Apr 15, 2021
ENEA, as partner of EIT Urban Mobility and support office of the Enterprise Europe Network, invites interested start-ups to submitt their application for the EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator programme batch #3. The call is aimed at early-stage startups from EU Member States and H2020 Associated Countries with at least 2 FTE, a properly validated, clear, scalable and innovative business idea that solves a mobility-related customer problem.
Apr 15, 2021
WMO has recognized the ENEA Madonie Observatory (Palermo) as a regional station for the central Mediterranean area
Apr 01, 2021
ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, will lead an interdisciplinary consortium of nine European partners to develop an innovative prototype for high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) using renewable solar heat and power to produce green hydrogen in a continuous way.
Apr 01, 2021
For the first time Italy hit a 20.8% efficiency record [1] for solar cells made of perovskite, a material that has revolutionized the field of photovoltaics in recent years due to its excellent opto-electronic properties and immense potential for the development of high- efficiency and low-cost PV technologies.
Apr 01, 2021
Turning purification plants into actual "urban biorefineries", capable of extracting water and materials from sewage sludge to be used in other economic sectors like agriculture (water for irrigation, fertilizers , etc.) or to produce energy (for instance biomethane).
Apr 01, 2021
Developing and validating a device for transplantation and stimulation of two combined stem cells for spinal cord regeneration after injury. This is the goal of the European PROJECT RISEUP, an ENEA-led consortium bringing together Italian partners (Sapienza University of Rome and Rise Technology srl), Spanish partners (Polytechnic University of Valencia and Centro Investigación Príncipe Felipe) and French partners (CNRS).
Apr 01, 2021
In order to reach the energy efficiency targets both at EU and national level, it will be essential to adopt policies that specifically address Europe's 25 million SMEs [1], which represent 99% of businesses and employ over 97 million employees.
Apr 01, 2021
Creating a sort of Vertical Pharmacy to grow medicinal plants with a high content of active ingredients to manufacture drugs and supplements. This is the objective of a collaboration between ENEA and Idromeccanica Lucchini Spa, which uses the Vertical Farm as the perfect ecosystem to grow more nutritious and healthy food, in a controlled environment removed from pathogens and pollutants.
