The National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche or CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of knowledge growth and of its applications for the scientific, technological, economic and social development of the Country.
Renewable Energy
Hydrogen
Study of innovative technologies and processes to prepare for the up-coming "hydrogen system".
Waste Cycle
Remediation
Recovery and valorization of residues and waste
Recycle
Water purification
Sustainable Development
Carbon capture and sequestration
Development of technologies to be used in very low environmental impact coal-fired generation systems.
Green Building
Development of new technologies, components and materials for heat pumps supported by very low temperature heat sources, using waste heat and non-conventional fuels.
Sustainable Transportation
Fuel Cells
Development of new technologies, components and materials for fuel cells
Emission
- Designing low-emission and high-efficiency internal combustion engines and development of production processes for synthetic fuels made from renewable sources. - Development of a targeted collaboration with AVIO for the advanced design of combustion chambers in engines for civil aviation, using diagnostic, development and experimental techniques.
Conservation
General
- Development of technologies and methods to limit and reduce pollution and to restore the environment and that also offer the chance for technological development at an industrial level - Use of low-cost reactors in the removal of pollutants.
Land
Drawing up protocols for taking action in degraded areas and pollutant speciation during remediation processes.
Hydrogen
(ET-P04) Hydrogen: production, transport, distribution and use: Study of the innovative technologies and processes needed to prepare for the up-coming “hydrogen system”.
Waste Cycle
Recycle
(TA-P07) Control of pollution and environmental restoration: Design of chemical and physical treatments for water purification.
Sustainable Development
General
(ET-P01) Clean energy generation using fossil fuels: Technological support for the development of turbogas systems burning non-conventional fuels.
Carbon capture and sequestration
(ET-P01) Clean energy generation using fossil fuels: Integrating capabilities from different institutes under common themes and reinforcing the participation of CNR in research of industrial interest that is currently developing high-efficiency and low-environmental-impact systems. Development of technologies to be used in very low environmental impact coal-fired generation.
Green Building
(ET-P03) Distributed energy generation: Development of new technologies, components and materials for heat pumps supported by very low temperature heat sources, using waste heat and non-conventional fuels.
Sustainable Transportation
Fuel Cells
(ET-P03) Distributed energy generation: Development of new technologies, components and materials for fuel cells.
Emission
(ET-P02) Reasonable use of energy in transport: Aims of the project: - Designing low-emission and high-efficiency internal combustion engines and development of production processes for synthetic fuels made from renewable sources.- Development of a targeted collaboration with AVIO for the advanced design of combustion chambers in engines for civil aviation, using diagnostic, development and experimental techniques.
Conservation
General
(TA-P07) Control of pollution and environmental restoration:- Development of technologies and methods to limit and reduce pollution and to restore the environment and that also offer the chance for technological development at an industrial level.- Use of low-cost reactors in the removal of pollutants.
Land
(TA-P07) Control of pollution and environmental restoration: Drawing up protocols for taking action in degraded areas and pollutant speciation during remediation processes.
Renewable Energy 
