Dec 22, 2017
According to some ENEA studies, over 80% of waste on Italian beaches is made of plastic, a serious threat to the environment and man’s health. Under the Agency’s magnifying glass also microplastic pollutants which, because of their size inferior to 5mm, are not retained by waste water treatment facilities. Microplastic fragments, produced from degradation of plastic, account for 46% of beach litter, containing at least 100 million cotton buds.
Dec 22, 2017
Wind is again the protagonist in Antarctica. Not only as a driving force of climate”, but as the engine of the first wind farm built at the Italian Mario Zucchelli Station in Terra Nova Bay, housing since 1985 the scientific laboratory of the PNRA, the National research program in Antarctica, funded by the MIUR, with the logistic implementation of ENEA and the scientific coordination of the CNR.
Dec 22, 2017
The agreement commits ENEA to deal with projects of biomass gasification for the production of thermal/electric energy from biomass hydrocarbons, low-temperature thermal solar energy and the organization of training courses on renewable energies
Dec 22, 2017
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recently hosted the Italy-Saudi Arabia Mixed Commission meeting. ENEA was represented by Marcello Peronaci, Department of Sustainability, who illustrated the Agency’s competencies, with particular focus on the environment.
Dec 22, 2017
An Iranian official from SEBA (Organization for Energy Efficiency) had an interesting exchange of information with ENEA experts in this sector.
The meeting was organized by the Agency’s International Relations Office upon request by UNIDO ITPO Italy (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Investment and Technology Promotion Office), with which ENEA renewed a Joint Declaration for promoting sustainable technologies and best practices in developing countries.
Dec 07, 2017
The largest and more sophisticated magnet in the world has left the ASG Superconductors factory based in north-western Italy. We’re talking record numbers both for the coil (TF Coils) which weighs 120 tonnes, is 9 meter wide and 16 meter high and the mean of transportation, a Self propelled truck, a 24-axied remote-controlled truck which took it to the harbour to get aboard the “Bremer Helena” the ship that will reach the port of Marghera, for the last manufacturing steps. After the casing phase is completed, the TF Coil (toroidal magnet) will head towards its final destination in Cadarache, France, site of the ITER project.
Dec 07, 2017
Eight major players from industry, research and innovation join forces in strategic alliance in the energy sector: national champions such as the ENI, ENEL with e-distribution and Terna, the American giant General Electric with Nuovo Pignone and the excellence of the world of research like the CNR, RSE, the inter-university EnSIEL and ENEA, which will act as President and coordinator.
Dec 07, 2017
Urb-e 4.0 has a battery recharged during stops by a very small 1kW fuel cell capable of generating electric energy thanks to the hydrogen contained in two 10 litres cylinders. Recharging takes no more than four hours and once empty the cylinders can be replaced at a gas station or an equipped area, making it possible to use an electric car even in absence of a garage and with long charging intervals.
Dec 07, 2017
The 11th S&T bilateral meeting, held in Seoul in late November and organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, refers to the scientific agreement on bilateral cooperation signed in 1984.
Dec 07, 2017
At the 5th MEDENER International Conference on Energy Transition 'Addressing climate change and migration in the Mediterranean region through energy transition', held in Lisbon, ENEA President Federico Testa talked in the section "Overview of the challenges”.
Nov 23, 2017
The thermodynamic solar plant built in Egypt under the MATS project, excellence of ENEA technology and one of a kind in the world ever, was visited this week by the Italian Ambassador to Cairo, Giampaolo Cantini. Alberto Giaconia, ENEA researcher at the Energy Technologies Department, illustrated the main features of the facility, based on solar technology developed at the beginning of last decade by Nobel Prize Carlo Rubbia
Nov 23, 2017
Antarctic sea ice or ice pack is an important component of the climate system and its seasonal cycle affects global climate dynamics and atmospheric and oceanic circulation, in addition to being an essential component of the polar marine ecosystem
Nov 23, 2017
ENEA has been chosen as national hub in the European Platform on Circular Economy, with the task of disseminating the best implementation practices in the country and promoting the exchange of best practices among the individual enterprises in our continent
Nov 23, 2017
An “antismog” hybrid city car (electric + hydrogen), an innovative air pollution forecasting system and mini solar power plants are some of the technologies ENEA presented at the International Trade Fair Ecomondo /Key Energy/Sustainable City.
Nov 23, 2017
The first meeting of the ENEA Development Cooperation Task Force took place in mid-November
Nov 23, 2017
66 target countries, 2 organizations involved, 30 applications received: these are the latest numbers of the joint Fellowship between ENEA and TWAS (the World Academy of Sciences). The purpose of the overall initiative is to foster the excellence of the human capital in the so-called “Science and Technology-lagging countries”
Nov 09, 2017
One of the most ambitious European research project in the field of energy production from fusion, is moving ahead: the construction of the Divertor Tokamak Test Facility (DTT), a strategic infrastructure in the roadmap to fusion, is set to begin in the early part of 2018. With state and private funding of over 500million euro and the use of over 1500 highly qualified personnel, both directly and in the supply chain, one of the largest European science and technology lab will be founded in Italy. EUROfusion, the European consortium managing fusion research activities, has recently contributed 60million euro to the project, as announced by President of ENEA Federico Testa in a hearing on the nuclear fusion project ITER held before the Production Activities Commission of the Chamber.
Nov 09, 2017
50 research projects on ecosystems and climate and 210 national and international technicians and researchers will be the protagonists of the XXXIII Italian Summer Campaign of the National Research Programme in Antarctica (PNRA), which starts officialy with the opening of the “Mario Zucchelli” station.
Nov 09, 2017
A global strategy for deep-sea activities to preserve the marine environment, also with the creation of a dedicated international body. This is the proposal contained in the study conducted by an international team, including Emanuela Fanelli of ENEA, and appeared in the journal Science
Nov 09, 2017
A meeting place where it’s possible to exchange ideas, create and share creative contents, navigate and get updated on the activities of the city by means of the new web technologies of the cloud computing. It’s the Smart node, an interactive urban installation developed by ENEA
