Research

Enel’s research activities have always aimed at the development and improvement of technologies aimed at reducing pollutant emissions and exploiting waste from traditional coal-fuelled power plants and fluidized bed plants.

The focus, as always, is on fuels and combustion: coal co-combustion, waste and biomass in fluidized bed systems, burner optimization, resolution of humming problems in gas turbines and, more generally, improvement of combustion efficiency and plant reliability and availability.

Enel is also participating in several initiatives, such as the Adriatica Project - in which it equipped the well-known boat used for the "Turisti per caso" programme with renewable energy systems, and the Sterpaia Project, the new creativity workshop designed by Oliviero Toscani and developed by the Company together with the University of Pisa, for renewable energy production from the adjacent park.

In order to add value to its human resources, Enel participates in various European researcher mobility programmes, including the following:
"Human Capital Mobility"
" Researchers Training Mobility"
"Improving Human Potential”
“Radiare Project".

The Company has also reaffirmed international partnerships and alliances with other major international players in the academic and research sectors, such as the cooperation with Boston’s MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in carbon capture and storage, advanced solar technologies and energy saving.