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 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 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 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 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…
CONVERGE in the news Prof. Giampaolo Manzolini – associate professor at Politecnico di Milano and member of GECOS – was interviewed at the radio show SmartCity – Radio 24 to talk about the research project CONVERGE, which was recently awarded a 5-million-euro funding grant under the EU Programme H2020. The project studies a new process…
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…
Prof. Macchi on the radio about “Sun in a Box” Prof. Ennio Macchi – emeritus professor at Politecnico di Milano and founder of GECOS – was interviewed at the radio show SmartCity – Radio 24 to discuss about a recent research outcome on energy storage developed at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Boston, USA).…
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…
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…
