NHOA Group (NHOA.PA, formerly Engie EPS) and Politecnico di Milano announced the signing of an agreement for the establishment of a Joint Research Center (JRC) with the aim of developing innovation, research and training initiatives in the Energy sector to enable the global transition towards clean energy and sustainable mobility.
The scientific collaboration agreement consolidates the long-standing partnership between NHOA Group and Politecnico di Milano and stems from the mutual desire to develop joint training, research and innovation initiatives. The main objective is to address cutting-edge research topics in energy storage, e-mobility and distributed energy resources.
“Sustainability, global transition, clean energy and sustainable mobility are not slogans. They are actual commitments and leading priorities in research, economic and political agendas. An obligation to Politecnico di Milano, the first technical university in Italy and one of the top institutions in Europe. Technology, innovation and knowledge sharing can make a difference. In this respect, academia has a significant role to play starting from experimental labs to trending studies to the nurturing of talents and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines. A challenge Politecnico is happy to share with companies in a common endeavor. The collaboration with NHOA Group gives birth to a Joint Research Center that not only stems from solid ground, but also reflects a long-lasting vision and a mutual approach that is paradigmatic in addressing complex and highly demanding global scenarios.” commented Ferruccio Resta, Rector of Politecnico di Milano.
“The synergy between business and academic world is at the core of NHOA Group R&D, a department in which innovation and competitiveness take the lead. NHOA itself was born as a spinoff of Politecnico di Milano and has always considered it a polestar in the development of technologies enabling the global transition towards clean energy and sustainable mobility” declared Carlalberto Guglielminotti, CEO of NHOA Group. “With this strategic partnership, Politecnico di Milano and NHOA consolidate their common objectives: to develop advanced and complex research with a high experimental and innovative content, to share instruments, laboratories and research infrastructures to encourage cooperation between the academic world and businesses. Tech companies must always remember that finding young talents and helping them achieve their best results is what will make the world move forward through never-ending innovation, and this is why we so strongly believe in our Partnership with Politecnico di Milano”.