Mario Motta at KEY 2026: Politecnico di Milano’s Contribution to MASE Initiatives for the Energy Transition

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On 5 March 2026, as part of KEY – The Energy Transition Expo at the Rimini Expo Centre, the institutional event “Energy and Innovation: MASE’s International Cooperation for the Energy Transition” took place. The event was promoted by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) in collaboration with UNDP and UNEP, with scientific support provided by RSE. It offered an opportunity to discuss the main international cooperation initiatives supporting decarbonization, bringing together institutional representatives, United Nations agencies, and experts from the energy sector.

During the panel dedicated to the EPIC Deploy project, Professor Mario Motta of Politecnico di Milano presented the programme’s objectives, focused on the development and deployment of sustainable cooling technologies in high-growth countries, including Brazil, Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. The initiative aims to promote innovative and scalable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of cooling in the tertiary and industrial sectors.

DOMOPTI, spin-off of Politecnico di Milano, among the winners of the NEST Call4Innovation “Boosting the Energy Transition”

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The spin-off DOMOPTI, established within the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano, is among the 20 entities selected in the third edition of the MOST Mobility Contest, an initiative promoted by the Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile (MOST) to support startups, spin-offs, and innovative SMEs active in the sustainable mobility sector.The contest allocates a…

Politecnico di Milano in the European project MESCEL for the sustainable recovery of critical metals from hard metal waste

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The Department of Energy leads the design and optimization of electrochemical processes and contributes to training and capacity-building activities within the project, supporting a more efficient circular economy. The Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano is a partner in the European project MESCEL – HardMetal scrap electrolysis for recovery of valuable metals, funded under…

DOMOPTI, a POLIMI spin-off, among the winners of the NEST Call4Innovation “Boosting the Energy Transition”

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DOMOPTI, a spin-off of Politecnico di Milano, is among the seven startups selected in the Call4Innovation “Boosting the Energy Transition” promoted by Fondazione NEST – Network for Energy Sustainable Transition. The initiative, which received more than 220 international applications, aims to connect research and industry in order to accelerate advanced solutions for the energy transition.The startup will develop an industrial Proof of Concept (PoC), funded up to €50,000, to validate its intelligent energy management technology in a real-world application context.Founded by professors from the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano and by young professionals with technical and managerial backgrounds, DOMOPTI integrates advanced models and artificial intelligence to support the forecasting, monitoring, and optimization of energy flows, enabling real-time decision-making and automation.

EMPEDOFLEX officially launched: a new digital frontier for urban energy flexibility

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The official kick-off meeting of the EMPEDOFLEX project – EMpowering Positive Energy District Optimal FLEXibility provision – was held at the Piacenza campus, marking the start of activities for this European research initiative involving the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano. The EMPEDOFLEX project was officially launched during a kick-off meeting held last week…

PhD Day Electrical Engineering & Poster Session

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On Monday, February 16, the “PhD-DAY” event of the PhD Program in Electrical Engineering was held at the EN:lab building, featuring the students’ Poster Session and the presentation of the new PhD candidates.

During the event, 58 PhD candidates from the 37th to the 40th cycles presented posters illustrating the progress of their research projects. In the afternoon, first-year PhD candidates (41st cycle) also introduced their research projects and had the opportunity to present themselves to the Board of Professors, their colleagues, and the entire Department community.

A fifth-year high school class visiting the NanoLab laboratories of the Department of Energy

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On February 12, the Department of Energy hosted a final-year class from the “Badoni” Institute in Lecco for an orientation visit to the NanoLab laboratories. Students learned about research activities on nanomaterials, observed experimental equipment, and discussed university and career opportunities with professors, researchers, and PhD students. The initiative is part of the Department’s outreach activities aimed at introducing high school students to academic research and supporting informed choices about future studies.

SG-SKILL: the Erasmus+ project on Smart Grid skills and the energy transition gets underway

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The Department of Energy is participating in the European project (48 months) that develops professional profiles and training pathways for the digitalization of electricity grids. The Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano is participating in SG-SKILL (Skill-based education for smart-grids job profiles), a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Grant Agreement No. 101246216) with…