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DEPARTMENT MISSION

Developing activities of research and experimentation on the main current and future technologies for the generation and storage of electricity, heat and renewable fuels.

Improving the energy, economic and environmental performance of the generation system.

Promoting diversification of energy sources and reducing ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions.

Improving plant performance by reducing primary energy consumption and the cost of energy produced.

Encouraging the participation of end users, including in aggregate, in the production and self-consumption of energy and the provision of services ancillary to the electricity system.

Developing and characterizing new materials and new uses of existing materials, for both structural and functional purposes, of interest to the energy system.