Enea (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) and the Fincantieri group have signed a memorandum of understanding in order to identify areas of common interest for the development of a portfolio of research programs and innovation in the field of energy transition. The main ones include energy efficiency, technologies and systems for generating energy from renewable sources, for the production, transport and distribution of hydrogen, fuel cells, the circular economy, management and control strategies for Smart Ports and Smart Cities, materials technologies and sustainability interventions in the marine and terrestrial environment.
“This agreement paves the way for a collaboration between research and business of particular significance, with a leading international group such as Fincantieri, on issues such as sustainability, higher education, research and the transfer of innovation, which are increasingly strategic for growth and competitiveness »underlined the president of Enea Gilberto Dialuce. “There are countless lands on which we will be able to make professionalism and qualified infrastructures available, from technologies for hydrogen to renewable sources, from CO2 capture to robotics and big data, from the circular economy to advanced materials but also alternative fuels and interventions for the territory on which the construction sites are located, also in a perspective of mitigation and adaptation to climate change “.