The EMERA project is a partnership between CNR-ISM, Costruzioni Motori Diesel (CMD) and ENEA. It belongs to the ENERGY specialization Area of the S3 strategy of Basilicata Region. The major challenge of this strategy is to increase energy production from renewable sources. This strategy is helped by the fact that the Basilicata Region has a great availability of natural sources such as big wooded areas and plentiful residual materials from the agri-food industry.
The aim of the project is to integrate the energy produced by solar cells and biomasses into a very compact storage module. After the industrialization phase is completed, the device will be avaialable to feed electrical micro-networks to render rural areas independent from the national network.

Acronym: EMERA
Financing body: Regione Basilicata
Call: PO FESR BASILICATA 2014-2020- Azione 1B.1.2.2 “Progetti Complessi di Ricerca e Sviluppo – CORES
Starting year: feb 2022
End year: feb 2025
Budget ISM: 60k€
Role ISM: Scientific accountability WP3: Definition of the conditions of the solar-biomass hybrid system and identification of the methods of use of the process residues.
Referent ISM: Antonio Morone
Other ISM staff involved: Assunta Arte, Nicola Caggiano, Ambra Guarnaccio, Antonio Morone, Stefano Orlando, Maria Lucia Pace, Barbara Paci, Alessandra Paladini, Antonio Santagata, Donato Conte, Patrizia Dolce, Enzo Lucia, Donato Mollica, Andrea Morabito, Giovanni P. Parisi.
Laboratory: NanoLab - Tito
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