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…
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…
