Category: News&Events

Prof Campanari at The Hydrogen Challenge

Prof. Campanari at The Hydrogen Challenge On October 10th-11th, 2019, Prof. Stefano Campanari – full professor at PoliMi and member of the GECOS group – partecipated at the event The Hydrogen Challenge and acted as Round Table Manager for the round table “Hydrogen Use and Demand” during the second day of the event. The event…

GECOS at SDEWES2019

GECOS at 14th SDEWES 2019 Paolo Colbertaldo and Matteo Giacomo Prina – members of the GECOS group – participated at the 14th SDEWES Conference, held in Dubrovnik on October 1st-6th, 2019.The conference gathered together scientists and researchers from all over the world to discuss about all aspects of sustainability. A relevant research effort is acknowledged…

GECOS at sCO2 Europe

GECOS at sCO2 Europe The GECOS group was present at the 3rd European conference on supercritical CO2 in Paris on September 19th-20th, 2019. A stimulating discussion with the sCO2 community and a lot of curiosity about the scarabeus and sco2flex projects! Prof. Giampaolo Manzolini talked about CO2 mixtures: “Supercritical carbon dioxide/alternative fluid blends for efficiency…

PhD Graduation Elsido Moretti Prina

PhD Defense and Graduation – Cristina Elsido, Luca Moretti, Matteo Giacomo Prina On Tuesday, Sept 17th, 2019, Cristina Elsido, Luca Moretti, and Matteo Giacomo Prina defended their Doctoral Theses in front of an international Committee and were awarded a PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, in conclusion of their PhD Programme at Politecnico…

PhD Graduation Lillia and Zatti

PhD Defense and Graduation – Stefano Lillia and Matteo Zatti On Friday, Sept 6th, 2019, Stefano Lillia and Matteo Zatti concluded their PhD Programme in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, defending their PhD Thesis in front of an international committee and achieving the PhD Title. Congratulations! Stefano Lillia, “Techno-economic analysis of aqueous ammonia based…

GECOS labs on TV

GECOS labs on national television On 15th June 2019, the newscast TGR-Lombardia talked about research laboratories at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano and focused on GECOS micro-cogeneration and microgrid labs. Sonia Leva, full professor at Politecnico di Milano who colaborates with GECOS in the Prophet Project, described the aim of optimising scheduling…

GECOS coordinates the CONVERGE project

Sustainable and affordable biodiesel production GECOS is the coordinator of a new European H2020 Project that was recently awarded a € 5 million grant within the EU H2020 Program. The aim of CONVERGE (CarbON Valorisation in Energy-efficient Green fuels) is to develop a biodiesel production method that combines biomass gasification and carbon capture for negative…

Hydrogen storage in the news

Prof. Campanari on the radio about hydrogen storage technologies After the 2018 Italian Hydrogen Conference hosted at Politecnico di Milano on November 28th, Prof. Stefano Campanari – full professor at Politecnico di Milano and member of GECOS – was interviewed at the radio show SmartCity – Radio 24 to discuss about hydrogen storage options, with…