Department of Energy
Research, Education, Innovation
The Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano addresses the challenges of the energy transition by developing innovative and sustainable energy solutions, providing scientific evidence to support industrial investments and essential sector policies. It offers a wide range of high-quality educational programmes and actively collaborates with leading companies in the energy sector, key public institutions, certification bodies and international organisations to promote scientific research and technological development in Italy, Europe and the rest of the world.
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Our Mission
Driving the Just Energy Transition
Research is the defining feature of the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano. Every day, the Department advances scientific progress to tackle the challenges of the energy transition and energy security. In close collaboration with leading universities, companies and research bodies both nationally and internationally, it is dedicated to exploring new perspectives, identifying emerging topics and developing innovative technologies with a focus on full environmental sustainability. The goal is to make these solutions quickly accessible, generating a concrete and positive impact on society.
The Department's Community
More than 500 people – including professors, researchers, research fellows, PhD students, technical-administrative staff and collaborators – are dedicated to research, teaching and management activities in the energy sector. They represent the Department’s most important strategic resource thanks to their shared passion, intellectual honesty, multidisciplinary skills and diverse experiences.
The Department has always been committed to building a supportive, attentive and highly motivated community based on diversity, inclusiveness and mutual respect across all disciplines, functions and activities.
News & Interviews
News & Interviews
News & Interviews
Events
ENERGY & DATA SKILLS
This roundtable focuses on the strategic role of data in the energy sector, with particular attention to sustainability, energy efficiency, and digital transformation. Industry professionals and companies working at the intersection of energy and data analytics will share projects, experiences, and future perspectives. Key topics include: · professional roles combining energy and data skills; ·…
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY CAREER EXPERIENCE
This is an interactive event designed to bring students closer to the professional world of energy and sustainability through direct engagement with companies. Participants, organized into small groups, will rotate among different company stations, each dedicated to a specific project or real-world industry challenge. The experience will allow participants to: explore projects and trends related…
WHAT WENT WRONG? ENERGY SECTOR CASE
This interactive format is based on the analysis of real-world energy sector cases presented by companies and industry professionals. Students will be challenged to examine concrete issues related to energy production and distribution, energy transition, sustainability, safety, and infrastructure reliability. For each case, participants will be asked to: · analyze the project context; · identify…
Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control of Power Electronic Converters
24.02.2026 seminar by Ehsan Jamshidpour, University of Lorraine
Power Electronic Converters in Renewable Energy Systems: Applications, Challenges, and Reliability
23.02.2026 seminar by Ehsan Jamshidpour, University of Lorraine
Management of Electrical Systems in the Minor Islands: Results and Outlook of the Technical Working Group
The Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano invites you to a technical workshop aimed at presenting the results of the first year of work of the “Technical Working Group on the Management of Electrical Systems in the Minor Islands.” The Technical Working Group has involved, in addition to researchers from the Energy Department, the National…
Seminar: Materials for Advanced Reactors
Lorenzo Malerba holds a MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in both cases specialising in nuclear materials. After working for 18 years at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, where he created and led a group of structural nuclear materials modelling and…
Seminar: Catalysis for sustainable energy carriers and e-fuels
The Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes of Department of Energy is pleased to present: “Ammonia as Chemical Energy Carrier: Electro-Catalytic Synthesis and Decomposition”: Prof. Olaf Deutschmann – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. The talk focuses on alternative electro- and thermo-catalytic pathways for the production and decomposition of ammonia related to the use…
Training day on radon regulations and mandatory compliance requirements at national and regional level
Italian radiation protection legislation has undergone a significant development in the field of natural radioactivity following the transposition of European Directive 59/2013, implemented through Legislative Decree no. 101/2020 and subsequent amendments and additions (Legislative Decree no. 203/2022), as well as through the publication of the National Radon Action Plan (Official Gazette, General Series no. 43…
Events
ENERGY & DATA SKILLS
This roundtable focuses on the strategic role of data in the energy sector, with particular attention to sustainability, energy efficiency, and digital transformation. Industry professionals and companies working at the intersection of energy and data analytics will share projects, experiences, and future perspectives. Key topics include: · professional roles combining energy and data skills; ·…
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY CAREER EXPERIENCE
This is an interactive event designed to bring students closer to the professional world of energy and sustainability through direct engagement with companies. Participants, organized into small groups, will rotate among different company stations, each dedicated to a specific project or real-world industry challenge. The experience will allow participants to: explore projects and trends related…
WHAT WENT WRONG? ENERGY SECTOR CASE
This interactive format is based on the analysis of real-world energy sector cases presented by companies and industry professionals. Students will be challenged to examine concrete issues related to energy production and distribution, energy transition, sustainability, safety, and infrastructure reliability. For each case, participants will be asked to: · analyze the project context; · identify…
Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control of Power Electronic Converters
24.02.2026 seminar by Ehsan Jamshidpour, University of Lorraine
Power Electronic Converters in Renewable Energy Systems: Applications, Challenges, and Reliability
23.02.2026 seminar by Ehsan Jamshidpour, University of Lorraine
Management of Electrical Systems in the Minor Islands: Results and Outlook of the Technical Working Group
The Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano invites you to a technical workshop aimed at presenting the results of the first year of work of the “Technical Working Group on the Management of Electrical Systems in the Minor Islands.” The Technical Working Group has involved, in addition to researchers from the Energy Department, the National…
Seminar: Materials for Advanced Reactors
Lorenzo Malerba holds a MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in both cases specialising in nuclear materials. After working for 18 years at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, where he created and led a group of structural nuclear materials modelling and…
Seminar: Catalysis for sustainable energy carriers and e-fuels
The Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes of Department of Energy is pleased to present: “Ammonia as Chemical Energy Carrier: Electro-Catalytic Synthesis and Decomposition”: Prof. Olaf Deutschmann – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. The talk focuses on alternative electro- and thermo-catalytic pathways for the production and decomposition of ammonia related to the use…
Training day on radon regulations and mandatory compliance requirements at national and regional level
Italian radiation protection legislation has undergone a significant development in the field of natural radioactivity following the transposition of European Directive 59/2013, implemented through Legislative Decree no. 101/2020 and subsequent amendments and additions (Legislative Decree no. 203/2022), as well as through the publication of the National Radon Action Plan (Official Gazette, General Series no. 43…
Events
ENERGY & DATA SKILLS
This roundtable focuses on the strategic role of data in the energy sector, with particular attention to sustainability, energy efficiency, and digital transformation. Industry professionals and companies working at the intersection of energy and data analytics will share projects, experiences, and future perspectives. Key topics include: · professional roles combining energy and data skills; ·…
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY CAREER EXPERIENCE
This is an interactive event designed to bring students closer to the professional world of energy and sustainability through direct engagement with companies. Participants, organized into small groups, will rotate among different company stations, each dedicated to a specific project or real-world industry challenge. The experience will allow participants to: explore projects and trends related…
WHAT WENT WRONG? ENERGY SECTOR CASE
This interactive format is based on the analysis of real-world energy sector cases presented by companies and industry professionals. Students will be challenged to examine concrete issues related to energy production and distribution, energy transition, sustainability, safety, and infrastructure reliability. For each case, participants will be asked to: · analyze the project context; · identify…
Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control of Power Electronic Converters
24.02.2026 seminar by Ehsan Jamshidpour, University of Lorraine
Power Electronic Converters in Renewable Energy Systems: Applications, Challenges, and Reliability
23.02.2026 seminar by Ehsan Jamshidpour, University of Lorraine
Management of Electrical Systems in the Minor Islands: Results and Outlook of the Technical Working Group
The Energy Department of Politecnico di Milano invites you to a technical workshop aimed at presenting the results of the first year of work of the “Technical Working Group on the Management of Electrical Systems in the Minor Islands.” The Technical Working Group has involved, in addition to researchers from the Energy Department, the National…
Seminar: Materials for Advanced Reactors
Lorenzo Malerba holds a MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in both cases specialising in nuclear materials. After working for 18 years at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, where he created and led a group of structural nuclear materials modelling and…
Seminar: Catalysis for sustainable energy carriers and e-fuels
The Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes of Department of Energy is pleased to present: “Ammonia as Chemical Energy Carrier: Electro-Catalytic Synthesis and Decomposition”: Prof. Olaf Deutschmann – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. The talk focuses on alternative electro- and thermo-catalytic pathways for the production and decomposition of ammonia related to the use…
Training day on radon regulations and mandatory compliance requirements at national and regional level
Italian radiation protection legislation has undergone a significant development in the field of natural radioactivity following the transposition of European Directive 59/2013, implemented through Legislative Decree no. 101/2020 and subsequent amendments and additions (Legislative Decree no. 203/2022), as well as through the publication of the National Radon Action Plan (Official Gazette, General Series no. 43…