An article from Politecnico di Milano on the cover of ChemCatChem, the magazine of the European Catalysis Society A study carried out by the “Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes (LCCP)” group of the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano has been selected for the cover of the journal ChemCatChem. The article highlights the…
Il Politecnico di Milano is coordinating the project ACE-STES Increasing the autonomy of electric vehicles in winter through advanced thermal energy storage technology that reduces the amount of energy used for air conditioning in the passenger compartment during colder months: this is the main objective of the PRIN project “Air Conditioning of Electric Vehicles by Sorption Thermal Energy Storage technology” (ACE-STES),…
Premiati i vincitori Seed Funds 2023, European Talent Academy 2022 e 2023, Ideague Exchange Scholarships 2023-2024 Certificates were awarded to the winners of the Talent Development Courses activated by Politecnico di Milano. The ceremony was attended by the winners of the Seed Funds 2023, the participants of the 2 editions of the European Talent Academy…
Research funded by the Kavli Foundation and Carbon Hub investigates the potential of carbon nanotubes in the energy transition An international team, which includes researchers from Politecnico di Milano, Rice University, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, UC Santa Barbara and other U.S. and European universities, has received $4 millions in funding from Kavli Foundation and the Carbon Hub of the Rice…
ReLab is leading the development and demonstration of advanced industrial energy efficiency solutions in the European PUSH2HEAT project The General Assembly of the European PUSH2HEAT project has just finished in Valencia. It was attended by Tommaso Toppi and Gianluca Abrami from ReLab, a research group at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano. The…
Objective: decarbonise the district heating and cooling sector The actions of the Support DHC project, co-financed by the European Union under the LIFE programme, the financial instrument for the environment and climate action, have officially started. The 3-year project aims to support the transformation of the District Heating and Cooling (DHC) sector – i.e. the…
Award for hydrogen decarbonisation project Enrico Tronconi, lecturer at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, is one of the winners of the third edition of the Scientific Challenge organised by Air Liquide to encourage the development of innovative solutions for the decarbonisation of industrial ecosystems: this year, the company selected the best three…
PYSOLO will develop a biomass pyrolysis process using concentrated solar power. Politecnico di Milano is coordinating a consortium of nine partners from four European countries who will work on the four-year PYSOLO (PYrolysis of biomass by concentrated SOLar pOwer) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme with around 5 million euros.…
35 PhD students from Africa and Europe in Nairobi for two weeks of training on sustainable transition From 13 to 24 November, 35 PhD students from seven European and African universities took part in two Sustainable Innovation Schools in Nairobi (Kenya) as part of the AMBITION project (AMBassadors for sustainable transITION), which promotes the mobility…
Glide4Heat research will promote the transformation of heat pump and chiller technologies Under the coordination of Prof. Luca Molinaroli, the Glide4Heat research project, funded by the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) within the framework of Projects of Significant National Interest (PRIN), has officially started. The project aims to revolutionise the use of ecological refrigerants…