May 10, 2018
ENEA, jointly with the Construction Technologies Institute of the CNR, has made available the new version of DOCET, a simplified software tool for the certification of existing residential buildings, targeted at technicians and operators of the building sector. The software, to be used for buildings up to 200 m2 without major renovations, can draft the energy performance certificate (APE), which assesses the energy efficiency and energy class of a building and includes recommandations on how to best improve the energy efficiency of the property.
Apr 26, 2018
2017 registered rising final energy consumptions (+1.38% as compared to 2016, in line with the +1.5 % in GDP) and a slight decline in CO2 emissions (-0.5%) mostly thanks to sectors such as electricity generation (-5%) and transportation (-2.2%). New historical heights for renewables in total electric consumption: wind and solar reached a 70% peak per hour (17 april 2017) and the whole of RES (Renewable Energy Sources) an 87% peak. This is what emerges from the Quarterly Review of the Italian Energy System, edited by ENEA, which examines data in the fourth quarter of 2017 and makes an assessment of the entire year. The study also shows an increase in natural gas consumptions (+6%, after the 5% in 2016), an energy source which firmly led the mix with a 36.5% share, showing decreasing prices in all consumption groups and running counter to EU trends.
Apr 26, 2018
ENEA has recently developed a high-temperature vacuum oven providing the necessary technological skills for manufacturing some components of the DTT (Divertor Tokamak Test facility), the new fusion research machine to be built in Frascati. It's a metal cylinder the size of a boiler that will be used to study the properties of the CPS (Capillary-Pore System), sponges soaked with liquid metal to be used in the divertor as material directly facing plasma. The surface of the liquid metal is not inherently subject to damage inside the tokamak and this represents a solution to the problem of deterioration of solid materials, lenghtening the life cycle of such a key component of the future reactor as the divertor.
Apr 26, 2018
"BasKer" (basalt+ceramic) is a new basalt fiber reinforced ceramic, used for exhaust pipes, heat shield, panels and fireproof doors for aerospace, military and sports applications. This material stands out for light weight, thermal insulation, high temperature and fire resistance. Security and sustainability complete the profile because it was obtained by exploiting industrial waste - low costs - thanks to production costs comparable to polymer composites - and efficiency - due to lighter vehicles, lower fuel consumption and environmental impact.
Apr 26, 2018
A high-level Chinese Delegation visited ENEA Headquarters on last April 10th. The Chinese Delegation included Prof. Zhang Jie, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) & Chairman of University Council, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Prof. Wang Yanfeng, Vice President of UCAS and Mr. Lu Xiaofeng, Senior Program Officer of the CAS Bureau of International Cooperation. On the Italian side, ENEA’s President Federico Testa, the Director of the Nuclear Technologies Department, Aldo Pizzuto with his co-workers Flavio Crisanti and Mariano Tarantino, Marina Leonardi Head of International Relations, warmly welcomed the guests, introducing ENEA and its commitment to the ITER and Broader Approach programmes on nuclear fusion.
Apr 26, 2018
ENEA magazine “Energy, the Environment and Innovation” latest issue highlights include circular economy, green jobs, carbon footprint. Titled “€conomies’, its focus is to launch a debate on the relationship between the economy and the environment. The interview to Ignazio Musu, professor emeritus of political economy at the Venice University Cà Foscari and Vice President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource economists”, retraces the steps of this stormy relationship, reflected both on the business community and the political world.
Apr 19, 2018
ENEA, the Italian national Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, approved the shortlist of the nine Italian areas eligible for hosting the Divertor Tokamak Test Facility (DTT), the International Center of excellence for nuclear fusion research.
Apr 19, 2018
The EU project SOCLIMPACT aims at modelling downscaled climate change effects and their socioeconomic impacts in European islands for 2030–2100, integrating the climate outlooks and economic systems currently available for Europe, and funded by Horizon 2020 which includes Italy in collaboration with ENEA, CMCC, the University of Bologna and ANCI Sardinia
Apr 19, 2018
Promoting women in clean energy’s leadership roles is the objective of the collaborative programme Clean Energy, Education and Emporwement (C3E), among the International Energy Agency and Italy, Canada, Finland and Sweden. ENEA, which represents Italy, is part of the Committee and leads the task force on collecting data and setting up indicators for identifying the barriers hindering women from progressing in their careers.
Apr 19, 2018
ENEA has set up an ad-hoc service to support regional and local administrations concerned with an optimal use of European and national resources in the sectors of energy and the environment. The initiative envisages direct communication with the PA through operational tools, starting with an help desk, active from Monday through Friday
Apr 19, 2018
During the recent first Formula E grand prix in Rome, the electric sports supercar HiZEV (HIgh performance Zero Emission Vehicle) was displayed at the Rome Convention Center “La Nuvola”. Developed by a consortium led by ENEA, Picchio Spa and Pomos, HiZEV is a four-wheel drive car with a 150 electric front drive, a rear end with two 100 kW engines, and an electronic differential based on vector control.
Apr 05, 2018
New technologies for real time monitoring of indoor and outdoor water consumption, softwares for user/manager communication of consumption, rain and grey water recovery and reuse and the assessment of the economic and environmental sustainability. These are some of the results of the project “Green Smart Technology for Water” conducted by ENEA and the Universities of Ferrara and Bologna for a sustainable use of water in buildings, presented during the World Water Day
Apr 05, 2018
Combining new plant breeding techniques to turn tobacco leaves into organic factories producing beneficial molecules for vaccines, antibodies and cosmetic products, instead of making cigarettes. This is the objective of the 7.2 million euro EU project Newcotiana, for reviving the traditional cultivation of tobacco
Apr 05, 2018
40% cut in CO2 emissions, from renewable energy and improving energy efficiency such as public and residential buildings, lighting, mobility and waste, climate change and their likeliness to adopt adapting and mitigating behaviours.
Apr 05, 2018
Although energy efficiency hasn’t become a key factor in property purchases yet, it’s gaining ground as compared to the past. This is the mixed picture emerging from a study conducted by ENEA, FIAP and I-Com if in 2017 there was a growth (+0.5%) in housing upgrading interventions, 56% of the total purchases fell in the energy class G, the lowest class
Apr 05, 2018
From Bolzano to Rome, with stop-overs along the entire Peninsula up to Sicily to recount and disseminate the flow of knowledge in using energy: this is ENEA's "Energy Efficiency on the road" project, a real trip in ten cities in five months from October to March, during which the Agency's experts met citizens, students, businesses and public administrations on the territory during fifty events which involved thousands of people
Mar 22, 2018
From the long-term collaboration between ENEA and the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute in Rome comes the platform GGV (Green genetic Vaccine), an innovative strategy based on two patents for a rapid, safe and low-cost manufacturing of genetic vaccines using plant DNA sequences. Partly funded by the 5xmille to ENEA (a pre-tax donation of 0.005 of one’s income), these innovative immunostimulatory strategies can prevent or cure tumors and contagious diseases such as the HPV (Human Papillomavirus), SARS, Zika and flu. Genetic vaccines have already been marketed in veterinary medicine and several advanced clinical studies are evaluating new applications in human medicine.
Mar 22, 2018
A 10thousand m2 – approximately two football fields – where 18, 100 meter long parabolic mirrors “capture”solar radiation: these are the figures of the first thermodynamc solar plant with ENEA technology inaugurated in North Africa at the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Cairo Giampaolo Cantini, the EU Ambassador Ivan Surkos, the Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, the Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar, and the President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology in Cairo (ASRT), Mahmoud Sakr.
Mar 22, 2018
By April 10 ENEA will announce the winner of the national competion for the selection of the site to host the DTT (Divertor Tokamak Test), the fusion research infrastructure envisaging 500 million euro investments, as established during the meeting held by the Agency’s Board of Directors on February 28, on the basis of the communications received from the “Commission for the evaluation of proposals and establishment of the ranking”, which is surveying the sites and examining the proposals.
Mar 22, 2018
From a collaboration between ENEA and Gruppo Granarolo, one of the leading dairy brand in Italy, comes G+milk, easily digestible, lactose free and with 30% less sugar than whole milk. This innovative product, just arrived on supermarkets shelves, was created thanks to a production process patented by ENEA and Granarolo, based on a filtration process breaking down lactose into glucose and galactose and separating the different components in order to obtain a low-sugar milk.
