The A2A Life Company Group and il Politecnico di Milano have started up collaboration for the development of innovation, research and training initiatives in the Energy & Utility sector, to support Italy’s ecological transition. The recently signed partnership model is based on two agreements with a otal value of 8 million euros and a duration of 5 years.
Specifically, the agreement calls for the establishment of a Joint Research Platform to implement multidisciplinary experimental projects on specific topics such as sustainable mobility, development of renewable energy and hydrogen, batteries recycling, and the study of new technologies for waste treatment and material and energy recovery, for a total of 5 million.
At the same time, the partnership will give rise to a Joint Research and Innovation Centre inside the Innovation District which Politecnico di Milano is developing at the former Bovisa gasometer park and in which A2A will take part with a total investment of 3 million euros. The Joint Centre will be entirely dedicated to innovation in the following thematic macro-areas: "Technologies for the environment and energy" and "Technologies for sustainable mobility", also touching on the themes of energy transition and the circular economy.
The agreement was signed by the Rector of the Politecnico, Ferruccio Resta and by Alumnus Renato Mazzoncini, CEO of A2A, n the presence of the President of A2A, Marco Patuano, the Mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala eand the President of Regione Lombardia, Attilio Fontana.
The JRP - Joint Research Platform proves to be one of the most valuable tools to strengthen the understanding between universities and business. To activate an ever-closer synergy on issues of common interest and meet the challenges that the JRP poses to our country: from energy transition, to sustainable mobility, to renewable energy. These are some of the objectives of the agreement that sees the Politecnico di Milano alongside A2A. A company among the most active in encouraging this shared growth path. Ready to support joint research in an open and supply chain perspective. In fact, this agreement represents the common will to give life to a real ecosystem of innovation that goes beyond applied research projects for the development of a flagship project on which the Politecnico will focus in the coming years
have declared Ferruccio Resta.
Innovation is a strategic factor that affects all our activities: we deal with the environment, energy and water, sectors for which A2A is committed on a daily basis to building innovative infrastructures essential for the ecological transition. For our Group, this agreement with the excellence that is the Politecnico, is an opportunity for sharing a common path: becoming protagonists of the decarbonisation process and making Italy increasingly competitive, in line with the provisions of European directives
have commented Marco Patuano.
Innovation is a strategic factor that affects all our activities: we deal with the environment, energy and water, sectors for which A2A is committed on a daily basis to building innovative infrastructures essential for the ecological transition. For our Group, this agreement with the excellence that is the Politecnico, is an opportunity for sharing a common path: becoming protagonists of the decarbonisation process and making Italy increasingly competitive, in line with the provisions of European directives
have commented Renato Mazzoncini.
