ENCASE project starts

CO2 capture, transport and storage, experimental methods and numerical models, new data generation and training The ENCASE project, “A European Network of Research Infrastructures for CO2 Transport and Injection”, funded by the Horizon Europe research programme, was launched in Oslo. The partnership that will carry out the project, which will last for a total of…

HERCCULES, a decarbonisation project coordinated by LEAP, kicks off

23 PARTNERS WORKING TO ACCOMPANY THE TRANSITION OF OUR INDUSTRIAL FABRIC TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE HERCCULES has started, an international research project stemmed from an ambitious idea by researchers at LEAP (Piacenza Energy and Environment Laboratory) and Politecnico di Milano, specifically Profs. Stefano Consonni, Manuele Gatti, Matteo Romano and Federico Viganò of the Department of…

PERMANENT project at kick off – Advanced materials and components for PEM fuel cells

The PERMANENT project, coordinated by the Department of Energy,  has kicked off. It will face the major causes that limit the durability and stability of hydrogen-powered polymer electrolyte fuel cell technology (PEMFC).An investment of 3.4 million euros in 36 months to fully understand the degradation mechanisms in real operating conditions for mobility applications and propose…

Project INTENT concluded

The team’s achievements After more than five years of work, the INTENT project, hosted by the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano and funded by the European Research Council (ERC) with an Advanced Grant, has achieved its main objectives: to study the properties of new catalytic reactors with conductive structured interiors and to demonstrate…

ECCSELLENT, the P.N.R.R. project to reduce atmoshperic CO2 gets started

16/01/2023 ECCSELLENT, the P.N.R.R. project to reduce atmospheric CO2 gets started A project to support the italian C02 Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) research chain Last December saw the launch of the ‘ECCSELLENT – Development of ECCSEL – R.I. Italian facilities: user access, services and long-term sustainability’ project, which aims to strengthen Italian research facilities…

EspLORE project concluded

The team’s achievements After five years of work, the EspLORE project, hosted by the Department of Energy of Politecnico and funded by the European Research Council (ERC) with a Consolidator Grant, has achieved its main objective: to study the properties of atomic carbon filaments in order to exploit their potential applications. The research team, coordinated…

The Department of Energy coordinates the URBEM project

Project of Outstanding National Interest (PRIN), funded by the MUR The URBEM (Urban Reference Buildings for Energy Modelling) project is funded by the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) as a Project of Significant National Interest (PRIN). With the participation of 10 Italian Universities, under the coordination of Prof. Francesco Causone of the Department  of…