ENEA (Italy)
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The L'Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) (National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development) is an Italian Government sponsored research and development
agency. The agency undertakes research in areas which will help to develop and enhance Italian
competitiveness
and employment
, while protecting the environment
.
Initially (1982), the acronym ENEA stood for Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Atomica (National Agency for Atomic Energy)
Their new charter of January 1999 lists the following goals for the agency:
s in Italy:
Research and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
agency. The agency undertakes research in areas which will help to develop and enhance Italian
Italian
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competitiveness
Competitiveness
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and employment
Employment
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, while protecting the environment
Environment
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.
Initially (1982), the acronym ENEA stood for Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Atomica (National Agency for Atomic Energy)
Their new charter of January 1999 lists the following goals for the agency:
- To undertake initiatives aimed at developing, enhancing and promoting research and innovation, in keeping with Italy’s EU and international commitments in terms of energy efficiency, environmental protection and technological innovation.
- To support the implementation of high-tech production processes, especially by promoting demand for research and technology oriented towards enhancing sustainable development.
- To promote the transfer of technology and developments in the fields of energy efficiency and environmental protection to public administrations and businesses, in keeping with national and EU guidelines.
- To provide, upon request, specialist technical and organisational support to administrations promoting public initiatives at the international, national, regional and local levels, in all the sectors falling within ENEA’s purview.
Research Centers
Besides the headquarters in Rome, ENEA has the following research centerResearch center
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s in Italy:
- BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
Research Center - Brasimone Research Center
- BrindisiBrindisiBrindisi is a city in the Apulia region of Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, off the coast of the Adriatic Sea.Historically, the city has played an important role in commerce and culture, due to its position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea. The city...
Research Center - CasacciaCesano (RM)Cesano is a frazione of the comune of Rome, Italy. It is a small medieval burgh on the Via Cassia, located in the municipality's Municipio XX, 27 km from Rome proper....
Research Center (Roma) - FaenzaFaenzaFaenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 km southeast of Bologna.Faenza is noted for its manufacture of majolica ware glazed earthenware pottery, known from the name of the town as "faience"....
Research Center - FrascatiFrascatiFrascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
Research Center - IspraIspraIspra is a comune and small town on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, in the province of Varese .Some of the main Institutes of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission are located there, including the Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen , the Institute for...
Research Center - PorticiPorticiPortici is a town and comune of the Province of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the site of the Portici Royal Palace.-Geography:...
Research Center - Santa Teresa Research Center
- SaluggiaSaluggiaSaluggia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km southwest of Vercelli, near the Dora Baltea river....
Research Center - Trisaia Research Center
External links
- ENEA - Official site
- Some specialistic ENEA's research sites:
- CRESCO - Supercomputing and ENEA- Grid Center (Centro computazionale di RicErca sui Sistemi COmplessi)
- Meta-Knowledge Engineering & Management (MKEM): High-Intelligent Socio-Cognitive Systems
- Thermal-Fluid Dynamics
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics - COSMIC: COupling Smart Molecules Into Chips