On November 28th, the Department of Energy of PoliMi hosted the Italian Hydrogen Conference “Stati Generali dell’Idrogeno e delle Celle a Combustibile” (H2FC2018), in collaboration with ENEA, H2IT, and HyLaw. The event was coordinated by Prof. Stefano Campanari (full professor at PoliMi and GECOS member) and Prof. Andrea Casalegno (full professor at PoliMi who collaborates…
BIONICO project experience for the Energy Transition in the Po Valley Hydrogen replacing fossil fuels in transport The energy transition in the Po Valley (Italy): a shared infrastructure for hydrogen Emilia Romagna is one of the areas in Italy with the greatest number of economic activities and for this reason, as well as for a…
SolarTech Lab in the news Prof. Luca Molinaroli – co-founder and collaborator at SolarTech Lab – is interviewed at the radio show SmartCity – Radio 24, explaining the new concept made up of a hybrid (photo-voltaic and thermal) solar panel and a heat pump. The system is being developed and tested at SolarTech Lab and…
SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) leads the demonstration of its Mixed-Salt Process at engineering scale, using the existing infrastructure at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway. The objectives are to address concerns related to scale-up and integration of the technology in coal-based power plants. Politecnico di Milano is involved in the techno-economic analysis of the…
CHP-design is a web application designed to support the feasibility study of CHP and CCHP plants. Through an innovative approach, it allows to quickly outline the energy needs of the user and to evaluate the value of a CHP plant for operative cost reduction and improvement of the environmental footprint. While the app is fully…
The GECOS group presents the first appointment with the G-Educational Series!! In this occasion Prof. Paolo Chiesa and Prof. Matteo Romano present their activities on: Design and material selection for Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG): lessons learned from recent projects (Prof. Paolo Chiesa) CO2, cement and alternative fuels for sustainable mobility: current activities and future work…
The FReSMe workshop will introduce the participants to the motivations of the concerns related to the CO2 emissions addressing the climate change issues; an answer will be given with an overview of the possibilities to limit the CO2 emissions introducing the carbon capture technologies. The event will outline the opportunities for the utilization and storage of the CO2…
GRASSHOPPER: Next generation of flexible and cost-effective MW-size Fuel Cell Power Plant The GRASSHOPPER (GRid ASsiSting modular HydrOgen Pem PowER plant) project was officially kicked-off on the 9th and 10th January at the Akzo Nobel facilities located in Delfzijl, where the demonstration phase of the project will take place. All the consortium partners, the members…
