Tg Mondo Hi Tech, edition of 3 May 2024

We talk about: innovative photovoltaics, nuclear power plants, 'controlled' flowering

INNOVATIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC WITH ENEA SUPERCALCULATOR

A supercomputer capable of carrying out up to 1.4 million billion mathematical operations per second, a cutting-edge laboratory for the creation of innovative and high-efficiency solar cells, but also with significant skills for the development of sustainable photovoltaic modules. These are the resources that Enea, through the Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources, makes available to the ViperLab project – Fully Connected Virtual and Physical Perovskite Photovoltaic Lab – which aims to promote the research and development of perovskite photovoltaic devices, through access to 13 of the major European research infrastructures specialized in the creation, characterization, calculation and modeling of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices. In addition to the Cresco supercomputer, Enea has made its laboratory available to the scientific community for the creation and characterization of perovskite/silicon tandem devices, among the most relevant photovoltaic research facilities in Southern Europe with external national and international collaborations.

SOGIN, RECORD ADMISSIONS FOR OPEN GATE 2024

Registrations to participate in the fourth edition of Open Gate have closed with a record number of participants, the event with which Sogin opens to the public, next weekend 11 and 12 May, the nuclear power plants in decommissioning of Trino (Vercelli), Caorso (Piacenza), Latina and Garigliano (Caserta) and for the first time the Itrec plant in Rotondella (Matera). Open Gate 2024 records a total of over 5,000 participants: 3,354 participants expected and 1,744 registered on a specific mailing list to be informed about upcoming similar initiatives. The event takes place under the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security. During the tours, Sogin technicians will take you through the places that represent a piece of our country’s industrial history and will talk about the work they carry out every day, in compliance with maximum safety criteria, to complete the dismantling of the plants and manage the radioactive waste, from storage in temporary deposits to definitive placement in the National Deposit.

FROM RESEARCH NEW FLOWERING CONTROL MECHANISM

A work just published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, conducted by a group of researchers coordinated by Francesca Cardinale, professor of the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences of the University of Turin, investigated the effect that the latest class of plant hormones discovered, strigolactones, has on flowering. The work was conducted on a species of great food interest, the tomato, which is also a model plant for molecular studies. Flowering is a fundamental stage, a crucial factor both in natural environments and in agriculture. Well, research has demonstrated how strigolactones are able to promote the transition of the plant from the juvenile to the adult stage, and the development of the flowers.

ASSTEL E VARIARI: STRENGTHENING ESG CULTURE SUPPLY CHAIN TLC

Asstel and Variazioni have started a collaboration project to implement awareness and sensitivity on sustainable development as an element of competitiveness for the entire TLC supply chain which enables the country’s digital transformation and innovation processes. The objective is to accompany companies, with targeted projects, to increasingly enhance the development and consolidation of the people strategy from an ESG perspective (the S), and the related environmental impacts (the E), enhancing the indispensable contribution of organizational governance (the G) and connecting it to the European reference standards. “Digital transformation and sustainable development are closely related topics and can make a great contribution to the achievement of the objectives that have been defined”, explains Laura Di Raimondo, general director of Asstel.