The Mayor of Carloforte, Stefano Rombi, answers to our questions. Thanks Stefano for your commitment. 1. As Mayor of Carloforte, how would you describe the current energy situation on the island? What are your ambitions and urban planning tools in place towards the energy transition? The Island of San Pietro is…
CNR ITAE is part of the Italian National Research Council. Research focuses on energy technologies related to the storage, utilisation, and conversion of thermal and electrical energy, the integration of renewable energies into energy systems, and hydrogen production, storage, and utilisation. Valeria Palomba graduated in Materials Engineering at the University…
When forming a citizen energy community, we must consider that there can be a heterogeneous group of users. Among them are the elderly people. They are generally interested in convenient and cheap forms of energy. Sometimes they are overwhelmed by the whole energy market and new technologies. We want Neon…
The Institute for Advanced Energy Technologies (ITAE) was established in Messina in 1980 by the National Council of Research (CNR), the main Italian research public organization. ITAE has long experience in environmentally friendly production, storage and use of energy, and has been contributing to development and penetration of technologies related…
Rasmus Grip works for Ranotor, a small power and heat generation start-up. Tech. Lic. Analytical mechanics. Formerly as a self-employed engineering consultant. The former project leader of the SAABS steam engine for vehicles founds Ranotor AB. A reciprocating piston engine is a better type of expander than a steam turbine…
The Domaine de la Source is a luxury residence of 25 apartments deployed in the Nordic ski resort of Villard de Lans. The building is equipped with a 45 kW peak solar roof and the production of heating and domestic hot water is centralized and produced by heat pumps and…
Last December 14-15, the HYBRIS General Assembly was held in Chambéry, at the Institut National de l’Énergie Solaire headquarters in France. It was a great opportunity to meet again, discuss progress made and define next steps for a smooth implementation of the demonstration sites. During the first day, scientific and…
In the context of the sustainability decision-making framework worked on in T3.2, CircThread has interviewed the partner SUPSI to clarify some issues raised in this task concerning work package 3: Circularity frameworks and economic, social, and environmental services. How T3.2 activities contributes to the context of sustainability and circularity as…
NEON focuses on Citizen Energy Communities (CECs), both residential and industrial. The project is being developed through four pilot projects located in Spain, France and Italy. Since its inception in September 2021, work has been carried out on the co-creation of integrated energy services and cross-sector agreements, as well as…
Are REACT’s Pilot Islands’ residents ready for an electricity network that reacts to changes in usage (known as smart grids) and to change their usage to match the supply of electricity (known as demand response)? This question was asked during the REACT project and the full answer can be found here and,…
The first General Assembly of the SolDAC Project has been held in Barcelona on February 21st and 22nd, at the UPC Campus Diagonal Besòs facilities, hosted by IREC. It was an opportunity to meet again all partners and continue working. First session was opened by COMET, as project coordinator, with…
We have created this section for a better understanding of Hypergryd Project EU and all its members. To do so, each week, one of the partners will answer some questions. Let’s get started! Our guest this week is Matteo Porta from RINA-C The role of RINA-C in the Hypergryd Project…
