International project launched to accelerate the development of a fourth-generation lead-cooled reactor in Europe. The EAGLES Consortium, composed by ENEA and Ansaldo Nucleare for Italy, RATEN for Romania and SCK CEN for Belgium, has signed an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to streamline and harmonize authorization processes at international level with a view to building the innovative EAGLES-300 reactor by 2039.

Extending the shelf life of fruit and vegetables using natural molecules, reducing energy consumption and the environmental impact of the agri-food chain, is the objective of the “Fruitprint” project, funded by the Horizon Europe program and coordinated by a consortium of twelve partners from seven countries, including ENEA for Italy, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and the Bolzano company Isolcell.

Reclaiming and repairing heavy metal-polluted soils using beneficial bacteria and native plants is one of the outcomes of the PNRR-funded national project RETURN,  that involves, in addition to ENEA, 26 partners including universities, research organizations, public and private institutions. The project aims to strengthen research on environmental, natural and anthropogenic hazards, while promoting environmental restoration and sustainability.

ENEA will still be the national contact point for actions to coordinate and support the transposition of the two European Directives “Energy Efficiency” (EED) and "Energy Performance in Buildings (EPBD) [2]. Together with the national contact points of the 27 EU member countries (plus Norway), ENEA will support ministries and agencies in preparing the necessary framework for the transposition of the two directives, based on the Concerted Action EED (CA EED) and Concerted Action EPBD (CA EPBD) projects.

Over 80 ENEA PhD students presented studies and research projects on the most strategic topics of the energy transition during the “PhD Day” training event held at the ENEA Casaccia Research Center in Rome.

Addressed to PhD students from the ENEA Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources (TERIN), the event aimed at highlighting the work of young researchers and fostering the exchange of expertise among colleagues from across Italy, creating opportunities for networking in energy research, from renewables to hydrogen, storage systems to smart grids.

The closing event of the European project meetMED II “Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Region,” promoted by MEDENER and RCREEE with the support of the European Union, was held in Brussels.

The event marked the conclusion of a four-year period of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation aimed at promoting energy efficiency, the development of renewable energies and market integration in the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries.