ENEA is a public body operating in the fields ofenergy, the environment and new technologies inorder to support competitiveness and sustainabledevelopment policies at the national level.

ENEA’s main tasks are:• promoting and carrying out basic and applied

research and technological innovation, alsothrough prototype development and productindustrialization;

• disseminating and transferring research resultsencouraging their exploitation for productiveand social purposes;

• providing both public and private bodies andenterprises with high-tech services, studies,tests and evaluations.

ENEA’s research activities are carried out by fiveDepartments:

– The Environment, Global Changes andSustainable Development

– Biotechnologies, Agro-industry and HealthProtection

– Nuclear Fusion and Fission and RelatedTechnologies

– Advanced Physical Technologies and NewMaterials

– Energy Technologies, Renewable EnergySources and Energy Saving

ENEA has set up several new projects aimed ataddressing some of the major issues in the fields ofenergy and the environment.These projects take into account the relevantpolicies undertaken at the European and national

levels as well as the need to focus on a few high-technology innovation areas, the main internationalprojects ENEA participates in, and the spin-offs fromthe application of ENEA’s technological know-how tosectors other than its leading fields of expertise.These projects are just the top of the iceberg ofENEA’s activities. They are the following:

Clean energy• Distributed Energy• Clean coal / Zero emission• Biofuels• Solar Thermodynamic Energy

Technologies and Territory• Technologies and Methods for the Assessment

of Energy Settlements• The Kyoto Protocol and Climate Change

Adaptation• Technologies for Sustainable Waste

Management• Ecobuilding• Management and Safety of Technology and

Energy Infrastructures• Logistics for Sustainable Mobility

Emerging technologies• New-generation Photovoltaics• New Materials for the Energy Sector• Hydrogen and Fuel Cells• FT3 – The Italian Experiment for Nuclear Fusion• Superconductivity

ENEA’s Technology Spin-offs• Technologies for Cultural Heritage• Health Technologies• Technologies for Food Quality and Safety.

Centres

The eleven ENEA’s Research Centres – located all overItaly – are endowed with a wide range of expertise,advanced facilities and instruments put at thedisposal of both ENEA’s research programmes and ofthe Nation's scientific and productive world.ENEA also operates through:

• an additional network of branch officespromoting its activities and providinginformation and consultancy services for localpublic administrations and enterprises

• a Representation Office in Brussels, with thepurpose of promoting and strengthening theimage and participation of ENEA within the EUframework.

ENEA's headquarters is located in Rome.

OfficesandResearch

Main activities

Energy and environmental testing and qualification of componentsand systems for the residential and tertiary sectors (e.g. homeappliances and lighting systems); support to public administrationand the productive sector on energy, the environment andtechnology transfer targeted at sustainable development.

Ispra

Research

Centre

Main activities

Environmental monitoring; radiation protection; environmentalbiology and preservation of nature; technology development andenergy services; nuclear fission and related technologies.

Saluggia

Research

Centre

ResearchCentre

Main activities

Research on transmutation of nuclear waste by accelerator-drivensystems (ADS); development of non-destructive diagnosticmethodologies; development of eco-engineering methodologies,models and tools; prevention of natural risks and mitigation oftheir effects; water resource management; protection from ionisingradiation; computing and modelling; activities in support ofproduction system innovation; activities in support of the NationalResearch Programme in Antarctica.

Bologna“E.Clementel”

Main activities

Studies to understand, monitor and simulate the chemical andphysical processes – be they natural or anthropogenic – underlyingmedium- and long-term global climate changes, with particularreference to the Mediterranean Sea; studies and research onintegrated coastal management, marine and coastal ecosystems andmarine biodiversity.

S.Teresa

MarineEnvironmental

ResearchCentre

Centre

Main activities

Research and development of materials and technologies, with afocus on advanced and traditional ceramic materials; engineeringand demonstration of innovative technological processes (welding,hard-facing, heterogeneous joints, mechanical processing, surfacefinishing); materials characterisation and component qualification;technology transfer.Together with IRTEC (the National Research Council's CeramicTechnology Research Institute) and the Faenza Ceramics IndustryAgency, the Centre constitutes a technological complexstrengthening and extending the ties linking research, training,technology transfer, services and manufacturing.

FaenzaResearch

Main activities

Research and development of technologies relating to controlledthermonuclear fusion and derived industrial applications; innovativenuclear systems based on accelerator-driven systems (ADS) fornuclear waste transmutation; testing of concentrating solar powersystems; radiation protection and environmental monitoring;logistics and engineering support to the National ResearchProgramme in Antarctica; support to public administration and tosmall and medium-sized enterprises.The Research Centre operates an Information Centre open to thepublic.

BrasimoneResearch

Centre

Main activities

Research and tests on magnetic- and inertial-confinementcontrolled nuclear fusion; development of specific technologiesbased on this research, including superconductivity, neutron-matterinteraction, materials and automated maintenance; research anddevelopment of laser sources (gas, solid-state, free-electron) and oflaser applications in environmental, industrial and medicaldiagnostics, nano- and micro- systems, metrology and laser vision;research and development of electron and proton accelerators forscientific, medical and industrial applications; studies and researchfor environmental protection and territorial planning.

FrascatiResearch

Centre

Main activities

Biotechnologies, health and ecosystem protection; renewableenergy sources and innovative energy cycles; protection of theenvironment and territory and development of environmentaltechnologies; materials and new technologies; advanced physicaltechnologies; concentrating solar power systems for the productionof high-temperature energy; hydrogen and fuel cells; studies onglobal climate; ionising radiation protection; ionising radiationmetrology; computing and modelling; activities in support to publicadministration and small and medium- sized enterprises.The Centre hosts the headquarters of the Consortium for theimplementation of the National Research Programme in Antarcticaand NUCLECO, the nuclear waste body responsible for collecting,treating, conditioning and storing medium and low-levelradioactive waste.

Casaccia

Research

Centre

Main activities

Research and development of photovoltaic materials and devicesalternative to crystalline silicon and of innovative photovoltaicsystems and applications, including concentrating photovoltaicsystems; development of spectrally selective coverings for thereceiver tube of concentrating solar power plants; research anddevelopment of nanomaterials for applications in various sectorssuch as sensoristics, TFT (Thin Film Transistors) and OLED (OrganicLight-Emitting Diodes); studies, research and assessments in supportof environmental planning and reclamation in Southern Italy, alsoon behalf of national, regional and local administrations;innovation transfer to various industrial sectors.The Monte Aquilone Experimental Facility is an integral part of thePortici Centre, where two sections of the Delphos (DemonstrationElectric Photovoltaic System) photovoltaic plant operate for a totalpower of 600 kWp, together with several small and medium-sizedphotovoltaic plants connected to the grid. The experimental datacollected at the site is processed and entered into a database thatcan be consulted by all operators concerned.

PorticiResearchCentre

Monte

Aquilone

Experim

entalFacility

Main activities

Development of composite materials; microscopic, microstructuraland microanalytical characterization of materials; new technologiesand treatment and coating processes of materials; development ofman-machine interface prototype systems and robotics controlsoftware; development of laser systems for environmental,biomedical and cultural heritage diagnostics; application ofintegrated remote sensing technologies for the understanding ofthe decay/evolution of climate and the environment at differentlevels; consultancy and technical/scientific services to publicadministrations and enterprises.

BrindisiResearch

Centre

Main activities

Development of renewable energy sources (use of biomass energy;qualification of solar component and systems); solid and liquidwaste treatment technologies; environmental monitoring; radiationprotection; metrology; development of innovation processes andtechnologies for small and medium-sized enterprises; developmentof laser technology applications for the treatment of materials;advanced processes for rare earth recovery; advanced technical andscientific services for innovation and quality in agriculture andindustry; genomics and development of innovation processes inagricultural industry.The Centre hosts some research Consortia for the transfer ofinnovation to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Trisaia

Research

Centre

ROME HEADQUARTERS

Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 7600196 RomeTel. +39-06-36271 – Fax +39-06-36272777

RESEARCH CENTRES

Ispra Research CentreVia Enrico Fermi21020 Ispra (Varese)Tel. +39-0332-788111 - Fax +39-0332-788240

Saluggia Research CentreStrada per Crescentino, 4113040 Saluggia (Vercelli)Tel. +39-0161-483111- Fax +39-0161-483397

Bologna “E. Clementel” Research CentreVia Martiri di Monte Sole, 440129 BolognaTel. +39-051-6098111 - Fax +39-051-6098770

S. Teresa Marine Environmental ResearchCentre19036 Pozzuolo di Lerici (La Spezia)Tel. +39-0187-9781 Fax +39-0187-978213

Faenza Research CentreVia Ravegnana, 18648018 Faenza (Ravenna)Tel. +39-0546-678511 - Fax +39-0546-678503

Centres

OfficesandResearch

Brasimone Research CentreLocalità Brasimone40032 Camugnano (Bologna)Tel. +39-0534-801111 - Fax +39-0534-801321

Frascati Research CentreVia Enrico Fermi, 4500044 Frascati (Rome)Tel. +39-06-94001 - Fax +39-06-94005400

Casaccia Research CentreVia Anguillarese, 30100123 S. Maria di Galeria (Rome)Tel. +39-06-30481 - Fax +39-06-30484203

Monte Aquilone Experimental Facility S.S. 89 Garganica - km 178,70071043 Manfredonia (Foggia)Tel. +39-0884-543493 - Fax +39-0884-543940

Portici Research CentreLocalità Granatello80055 Portici (Naples)Tel. +39-081-7723111 Fax +39-081-7723345

Brindisi Research CentreS.S. 7 Appia – km 706,0072100 BrindisiTel. +39-0831-201111 - Fax +39-0831-201219

Trisaia Research CentreS.S. 106 Jonica - km 419,50075026 Rotondella (Matera)Tel. +39-0835-974111 - Fax +39-0835-974292

Offices and ResearchCentres

OFFICES

Genoa OfficeVia Serra, 6 - 16122 GenoaTel. +39-010-567141 – Fax +39-010-567148

Venice OfficeCalle delle Ostreghe, 2434C.P. 703 - 30124 VeniceTel. +39-041-5226887/5226674 – Fax +39-041-5209100

Pisa OfficeVia Vasco Viviani, 23 - 56124 PisaTel. +39-050-3156211 – Fax +39-050-3156231

Palermo OfficeVia Catania, 2 - 90141 PalermoTel. +39-091-7824124/25 – Fax +39-091-7824121

Brussels OfficeRue de Namur, 72-741000 Brussels (Belgium)Tel. +32-2-5120448 – Fax +32-2-5122468

ENERGY ADVISORY CENTRES - CCEI (*)

CCEI VenetoCalle delle Ostreghe, 2434C.P. 703 - 30124 VeniceTel. +39-041-5226887/5226674 – Fax +39-041-5209100

CCEI LiguriaVia Serra, 6 - 16122 GenoaTel. +39-010-567141 – Fax +39-010-567148

CCEI TuscanyVia Ponte alle Mosse, 61 - 50144 FlorenceTel. +39-055-3241111/208Fax +39-055-3241122

(*) The acronym refers to the Italian noun (Centri di Consulenza EnergeticaIntegrata)

Centres

OfficesandResearch

CCEI The MarchesV.le della Vittoria, 52 - 60123 AnconaTel. +39-071-32773/31944/33203 – Fax +39-071-33264

CCEI UmbriaVia Angeloni, 49 - 06100 PerugiaTel. +39-075-5000043 – Fax +39-075-5006389

CCEI AbruzzoVia N. Fabrizi, 161 - 65122 PescaraTel. +39-085-4216332/4210811 – Fax +39-085-4216362

CCEI LatiumC/o Centro Ricerche Casaccia - S.P. 104Via Anguillarese, 301 - 00123 S. Maria di Galeria(Rome)Tel. +39-06-30483245 – Fax +39-06-30483930

CCEI MoliseContrada Colle delle Api s.n.c.86100 CampobassoTel. +39-0874-481072/698373 – Fax +39-0874-64607

CCEI ApuliaVia Roberto da Bari, 119 - 70122 BariTel. +39-080-5248213 – Fax +39-080-5213898

CCEI BasilicataC/o SEREAVia D. Di Giura, s.n.c. - 85100 PotenzaTel. +39-0971-46088 – Fax +39-0971-46090

CCEI CalabriaVia Argine Destro Annunziata, 8789122 Reggio CalabriaTel. +39-0965-45028 – Fax +39-0965-45104

CCEI SicilyC/o ENEAVia Catania, 2 - 90141 PalermoTel. +39-091-7824120/19/18 – Fax +39-091-7824121

Offices and ResearchCentres