Jul 01, 2021
The project ShareArt, implemented by ENEA and Istituzione Bologna Musei, to monitor the appreciation and fruition dynamics of artworks thanks to artificial intelligence and big data applications, was presented in Bologna.
Jul 01, 2021
In Italy, the development of a hydrogen supply chain could create up to 500,000 new jobs over the next 30 years, focusing on technological neutrality, enhancement of technologies and research and innovation as strategic assets, as shown by Planet Hydrogen – online at eai.enea.it - a journey/investigation among the protagonists of the sector, which include EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation Marya Gabriel, President of Confindustria Technical Group for Energy Aurelio Regina, Enel CEO Francesco Starace, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, Snam CEO Marco Alverà and RSE CEO Maurizio Delfanti, Director General for Industrial Policy, Innovation and SMEs of the Ministry of Economic Development Mario Fiorentino, vice president of H2IT Luigi Crema and Managing Partner and CEO of The European House - Ambrosetti, Valerio De Molli.
Jul 01, 2021
Funding sustainable building renovations in the Third Sector thanks to an innovative tool that will accelerate the ecological transition and fight energy poverty. This is the goal of the European project SER-Social Energy Renovations. The project includes Italian CGM Finance, Politecnico di Milano, ENEA and Fratello Sole, -a consortium of non-profit organizations involved in combating energy poverty- jointly with the Spanish company GNE Finance, leader of the project, Secours Catholique-Caritas France and the Bulgarian branch of the company Econoler.
Jul 01, 2021
Innovative remote observation technologies will make it possible to study beaches and sea beds to mitigate the effects of coastal erosion and improve tourist accomodation. These are the outcomes of a research conducted by a multidisciplinary team of ENEA, ISPRA, CNR and IUSS researchers on a stretch of the coast of the Circeo National Park between Latina and Sabaudia, Lazio. The studies, published in the international journal Remote Sensing are based on a new technique that combines remote sensing techniques with high resolution aerial sensors (LiDAR - Light Detection and Ranging) and in situ measurements for the calibration and verification of the acquired data.
Jul 01, 2021
New techniques based on ultrashort laser pulses are being studied at the ultrafast spectroscopy laboratories of the Casaccia Research Center, to identify chemical bonds in matter through the vibrational spectrum.
Jul 01, 2021
Trained bio-detection dogs to identify individuals infected with SARS-COV-2, chemical sensors, portable multi sensory platforms and artificial intelligence. These are some of the state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques presented during the training event of the International Society on Olfaction and Chemical Sensing (ISOCS), of which ENEA is a scientific partner. At the event, attended by 90 researchers from four continents, the causes for the loss of smell in people affected by the virus and the most innovative technologies to identify carriers were discussed.
Jun 17, 2021
Three bacterial strains from the ENEA in-house collection have been used for the restoration of Michelangelo's masterpieces in the New Sacristy at the Medici Chapels in Florence. The bio-cleaning intervention, featured also on the front page of the New York Times, was conducted by an all-woman team of scientists and restorers deploying 'grime-eating bacteria” to remove centuries of dirt besmirching the funerary monuments of Lorenzo de 'Medici, Duke of Urbino and Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours.
Jun 17, 2021
Hydrogen, renewable energy, batteries and integration with energy networks are the main technology areas covered by a three-year agreement signed by ENEA and Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) to develop innovative solutions supporting Italy’s ecological transition.
Jun 17, 2021
One simple, low-cost process to obtain soluble sugars from plants, such as glucose and fructose, which finds applications in the food, pharmaceutical and biofuel industry. Patented by the ENEA researchers at the Laboratory of Technologies and Processes for Biorefineries and Green Chemistry in the Trisaia Research Center, in the province of Matera, it consists in obtaining a solution of monomeric sugar from plants, particularly roots, placed in a container in which water is introduced, as compared to the systems currently in use, which require a sequence of treatments with different equipment.
Jun 17, 2021
The ENEA coordinated European project TEXTAROSSA to develop innovative technologies for next generation supercomputing, a sector of increasing importance to run applications in many domains like energy, climate change, medical and pharmaceutical industry, kicks off .
Jun 17, 2021
The Energy Community, a vade mecum developed by ENEA in collaboration with the Agency for Energy and Sustainable Development of Modena (AESS) and the University of Bologna, is online. The guide describes energy communities as a tool for ecological transition and to contrast climate change, empowering citizens to interact with the energy market as “prosumers”, i.e. people who produce and consume their own renewable energy.
Jun 17, 2021
A hi-tech laboratory to study algae, bryozoans, molluscs and corals- organisms which have not received due attention but are essential to climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies- set up in the Bay of Santa Teresa. With this pilot project, Italy’s first Smart Bay- a collaborative platform promoted by ENEA jointly with CNR, INGV, Municipality of Lerici, Scuola di Mare Santa Teresa and Cooperative of Associated Mussel Farmers- was officially launched.
May 27, 2021
Energy consumption started recovering in 2021 after the record drop in 2020 (-10%) caused by the Covid-19 pandemic: despite decreasing in January and February (-4% each), energy demand grew by 1.5% year-over-year in Q1 2021, thanks to a strong growth in March (+15%). A double-digit growth is now expected in the second quarter and by the end of 2021 about one third of consumption lost in 2020 will likely be recovered. These are some key findings of the latest issue of ENEA Quarterly Analysis of the Italian Energy System, which also highlights a substantial worsening of the ISPRED energy transition index (-18% in Q1 2021 Quarter-over-Quarter), which monitors decarbonisation, energy security, and energy prices and affordability.
May 27, 2021
Enel Green Power and ENEA have signed an agreement to test an innovative technology that combines photovoltaic electricity production with microalgae cultivation. A pilot plant will be built at the ENEA Center in Portici (Naples) to study and demonstrate how the two solar and microalgae technologies can be integrated and, in parallel, a scalability analysis will be carried out for applications on large photovoltaic plants. The trial involves cultivating microalgae with a high commercial value (between 100 and 200 euros per kilogram) with a crop system fully integrated within the photovoltaic plant.
May 27, 2021
The project meetMED, funded by the European Union with 5 million euro, developed by the Association of National Agencies of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of Mediterranean Countries (MEDENER) and chaired by ENEA jointly with the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Cairo (RCREEE) has entered its second stage, aimed at enhancing the energy security of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia while fostering their energy transition towards a low-carbon economy.
May 27, 2021
An Italian database on products and services life cycles (LCA - Life Cycle Assessment) available to public administrations, trade associations and companies facing the challenges posed by the new Action Plan for the circular economy. This is the objective of the project Arcadia [1], developed by ENEA and funded by the national program PON Governance and Institutional Capacity 2014-2020.
May 27, 2021
Developing a common research and innovation strategy for food safety is the goal of FoodSafety4EU, a European project funded by the Horizon2020 program which brings together in a research consortium 23 partners from 12 countries, of which three from Italy: ENEA, CNR (coordinator) and APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research in Italy).
May 27, 2021
What do we know about climate change and how is affecting our daily lives? How much do we know about the things we can do to fight against climate change and what governments are doing to tackle it? These are the themes of the online survey SALLO!Quiz, created by ENEA to gather data on the most common climate change beliefs and strengthen the dialogue between research and civil society, also in view of the Pre-COP26 in Milan (September 30 - October 2, 2021) and COP26 in Glasgow (October 31 - November 12, 2021)
May 13, 2021
ENEA President Federico Testa and Unioncamere President Carlo Sangalli have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the transfer of technologies, skills and offer of innovation between research laboratories and companies with new generation tools and services.
May 13, 2021
An Italian network open to companies, institutions, universities and trade associations to promote sustainable agrivoltaic systems, which combine the agricultural use of land with production of electric energy by photovoltaics.