The Hydrogen water heater co-developed by GECOS wins the Italian Hydrogen Technology Award and spotlight in “Il Sole 24 Ore” — english news below — Il caldaia catalitica a idrogeno per applicazioni residenziali, sviluppata congiuntamente da Giacomini S.p.A. e GECOS all’interno del Laboratorio di Conversione e Accumulo di Energia, ha ricevuto l’Italian Hydrogen Technology Award…
Prof. Romano’s contribution on CO₂ Capture and Storage for the podcast “Energy in Evolution” by Il Sole 24 Ore — english news below— In un recente episodio del podcast “Energia in Evoluzione” del Sole 24 Ore e di Radio 24, il Professor Matteo Carmelo Romano, esperto in Sistemi Energetici e Ambientali al Politecnico di Milano…
PhD Defense and Graduation – Tristan Merbecks On Monday, October 28th, Tristan Merbecks defended his Doctoral Thesis in front of an international Committee and was awarded a PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, in conclusion of his joint PhD Programme at Politecnico di Milano and ETH Zurich. Congratulations!
On June 24, 2024, Dario Alfani from Politecnico di Milano showcased key findings from the Powder2Power – Horizon Europe Project at the ASME Turbo Expo in London. His presentation focused on optimizing a solar tower featuring a fluidized particle receiver and a supercritical CO₂ power block. The research, detailed in the paper Techno-Economic Analysis and Optimal sCO₂ Power…
Dr. Ettore Morosini receives the Gustavo Sclocchi Prize for Best PhD Thesis of the Year Ettore Morosini, who earned his PhD with honors at the Politecnico di Milano (PhD program in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology – STEN), was awarded the prestigious Gustavo Sclocchi Prize for Best PhD Thesis of the Year, along with…
Dr. Paola Bombarda’s keynote at ORC21 On October 11th, 2021, Dr. Paola Bombarda (Assistant Professor with GECOS at the Dept. of Energy of PoliMI) held a keynote at the 6th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems (ORC21). Originally planned in Munich, the event took place online due to the ongoing pandemic. The title of her…
GECOS awarded a US-DOE-funded project on Hydrogen use in the steel industry (HYSTEEL) The GECOS group has been awarded a new and challenging project on Hydrogen use in the steel industry (HYSTEEL), funded by the United States Department of Energy (US-DOE). The project is led by University of California Irvine (UCI), with the participation of…
Online seminar “Nuove sfide e scenari della transizione energetica“ On Thursday, October 15th, 2020, Prof. Ennio Macchi (emeritus professor at Politecnico di Milano and founder of the GECOS research group) will moderate an online seminar (in Italian) titled “Nuove sfide e scenari della transizione energetica“, featuring a conversation with Prof. Maurizio Delfanti (RSE) and Prof.…
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Paolo Colbertaldo – former PhD Student and current Post-Doc Fellow with GECOS – is one of three awardees of the AIMSEA PhD Thesis Award 2020, which is assigned annually by the Italian Association for Fluid Machinery and Energy and Environment Systems (AIMSEA) to recognize the three best PhD…
Kick-off for the EU research project HiPowAR: Ammonia as synthetic fuel without CO2 emissions A kick-off meeting at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Greifswald marked the start of the EU project HiPowAR. Aim of the project is to develop a groundbreaking technology for the direct conversion of energy from renewable…
