The 3Sun innovation team
made the world’s most efficient solar panel.
I’m Marina Foti. I’m 48 years old and I have been working for Enel since 2018.
I graduated in physics here in Catania.
Immediately after that I began working
for a microelectronics company
in a research and development group.
So, from the beginning I have always been involved
in research and technology transfer.
I am now head of the
Advanced Processes and New Materials Characterization Lab group.
I am looking for a way to produce the most efficient cells
and modules that are less expensive and more sustainable.
I saw the first technology
that was produced here in 3Sun
and let’s say I helped improve
its efficiency and performance.
We will become the largest solar facility in Europe.
Our intent, Enel’s intent,
is to reconstruct the entire supply chain,
so even the wafers, glass and all of the raw materials
that are necessary for constructing a cell and solar module.
Once the foundations of a new project are laid
and you see such a large new facility come up from scratch,
it’s always very exciting.
The whole team, not just my team,
is composed of about 35 people.
There are those that are involved in cell technology,
module technology, product design,
one part in artificial intelligence,
data analysis and new materials.
If you work well with your team, you will have fun,
and when you have fun working isn’t a burden,
you don’t look at your watch, the best ideas come more easily.
We work with people all over the world,
in research centers but also
in the academic world and at companies.
It’s a very diverse and complex ecosystem,
this is the beauty of our work.
Lots of creative components go into everything you do.
They always tell me that I find the solutions
that look easy, but which no one else had thought of.
Passion counts for everything,
because if you do something with passion,
let’s say you do it without feeling tired
and the results are surely beyond your expectations.
What we are doing here
will have an impact even ten, twenty, thirty years from now.
We are thinking about a world in which
most of the energy could come from renewable sources.
Let’s say there’s greater awareness
about the meaning of climate change
and the impact that man has on the environment.
So, we can say that what we are doing today
is laying the foundations for a better world tomorrow
because the world can live without humanity,
but humanity cannot live without the world.