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Frontiers of Energy Storage

From Power-Intensive to Long-Duration Energy Storage

Energy storage is a key topic for research, industry and business, gaining more and more interest. Technology developments, combined with reductions in cost, have created extraordinary opportunities in both research and industrial applications.

The Workshop program is conceived to provide a multidisciplinary overview of this exciting world and a forum to meet and share ideas, comparing different storage solutions (batteries, supercapacitors, SMES, flywheels, thermal storage, chemical storage and so on) and related topics. A specific area will be available for posters and exhibitors.

This edition of the Workshop is particularly focused on the unconventional technologies covering the two opposite extremes of the storage capabilities:

Power-Intensive Energy Storage can sustain high powers for rapid charge/discharge cycles and peak shaving.

Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) can support the loads for several hours, complementing intermittent renewable sources to increase grid reliability and resilience.

Workshop in a Nutshell

General Information

Dates

Wednesday 5 November 2025
Thursday 6 November 2025

Venue

Cloister Room
Faculty of Engineering
University of Rome Sapienza
Via Eudossiana, 18
Rome, Italy

How to get

Full info at the Faculty of Engineering Website.

Topics

The Workshop provides an overview of energy storage and related technologies.

Expected Audience

One of the main peculiarities of this event is to provide a meeting point for people belonging to different environments (researchers, manufacturers, industries, integrators and utilities) both as speakers and as audience.

Registration F(r)ee

Thanks to the support of prestigious sponsors and to the speakers' commitment, the workshop participation is totally free.

Consider that the seats in the Workshop Hall are limited. Register in advance!

Oral Speakers

Oral speakers are invited by the Scientific Committee (see Workshop Program).

Nevertheless, if you have an interesting topic to be presented, feel free to contact the Scientific Committee by e-mail.

Poster Session

While the speakers for oral presentations are invited directly by the Scientific Committee, space for posters is available for all the registered participants, in particular for students, presenting activities related to the Workshop topics.

The Poster Session is available in parallel with the other Workshop sessions and breaks.

No template is defined for the posters, but the maximum size should be the portrait A0 format.

Best Poster Award(s)

The Scientific Commitee will assign some Best Student Poster Awards to the best posters having a student (undergraduate, Master or PhD) as first author and presenter. All the posters presented by students are eligible for the workshop awards.

The number of awards will depend on the available funds. At least 4 awards are expexted to be assigned, each including a grant of 200 €.

Post-Workshop Files

Upon authors' permission, Workshop slides and posters will be uploaded on the Workshop website after the event (password protected for participants).

Proceedings

In order to present recent developments and to include industrial presentations, the issue of formal Workshop Proceedings is not foreseen.

Selected oral or poster presentations will be invited for a free submission on a Special Issue of a open-access Journal. See also opportunities offered by sponsors

Hotel Accomodation

No hotel convention is available.

You could send an email to Workshop organizers to request a list of suggested accommodations.

Lunches and Coffee Breaks

Offered by the workshop sponsors.

Social Tour (Sold Out!)

A visit is reserved for the Workshop participants to the Enrico Fermi Museum in Via Panisperna (at a walking distance of 10 minutes from the Workshop venue), where Enrico Fermi and his collaborators conducted their experiments on radioactivity earning the Nobel Prize in 1938.

Social Dinner

Wednesday 5 November at 20:00 at Hostaria al Boschetto, Via del Boschetto 30, Rome.

Traditional Roman food in historic neighborhood for 35 € self-funded.

From past editions

Workshop History

The Workshop has now a relatively long tradition. See some info on its history with past presentations, complete statistics and picture gallery on the Workshop History Page.

From past and present editions

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Organizers & Committee

Workshop Chairman
  • Alessandro Lampasi
    ENEA
    DTT S. c. a r. l.
    Italy
Scientific Committee
  • Giancarlo Abbate
    University of Naples "Federico II"
    CapTop
    Italy
  • Georgios Christoforidis
    University of Western Macedonia
    Greece
  • Paolo Ciambelli
    University of Salerno
    NARRANDO
    AIDIC
    Italy
  • Jan-Hendrik Ernst
    GenCell
    Germany
  • Maria Carmen Falvo
    University of Rome Sapienza
    Italy
  • Marcos Lafoz
    CIEMAT
    Spain
  • Letizia Magaldi
    Magaldi Green Energy
    Kyoto Club
    Italy
  • Antonio Morandi
    University of Bologna
    Italy
  • Margherita Moreno
    ENEA
    Italy
  • Luigi Pellegrino
    Hitachi Energy
    Italy
  • Francesca Soavi
    University of Bologna
    BETTERY
    Italy
  • Giuseppe Taddia
    OCEM Power Electronics
    Italy
  • Antonio Trotta
    Eni
    Italy
  • Ottorino Veneri
    Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie per
    l'Energia e la Mobilità Sostenibili (STEMS)
    National Research Council (CNR)
    Italy
Organizing Committee
  • Silvia Cesaroni
    ENEA
    Italy
  • Mattia Simonazzi
    University of Bologna
    Italy
Credits

Sponsors & Partners

Organizers accept voluntary contributions from sponsors for logistics (coffee breaks, social trip, student support). Sponsors have their logo and description on website, posters and brochures and can display promotional material on a table and insert leaflets in the attendant folder.

If you are interested in sponsorship, contact the organizers by e-mail.

The European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) is the largest energy research community in Europe, covering the complete range of low-carbon energy technologies and systematic topics.

The EERA Joint programme for Energy Storage is the first pan-European programme to bring together all major fields of energy storage research. JP ES therefore represents a unique opportunity to align research and development activities in the field.

The IEEE Council on Superconductivity (CSC) promotes programs and activities that cover the science and technology of superconductors and their applications.

The CSC activities and programs include materials and their applications for electronics, magnetics, and power systems, where the superconductor properties are central to the application.

OCEM, together with Multi-Electric (USA) and Augier (France), is a company of Aretè & Cocchi Technology, an industrial holding group focusing on high-tech businesses that are leaders in their field of activities.

Since 1943 OCEM focused on power electronics for scientific research, with a flexible customer-oriented approach. Main commitment is in the field of: plasma physics, particle accelerators, industrial applications, medical particle therapy, superconductivity, radiofrequency systems, transportation, food processing.

CalPower è specializzata nella distribuzione di soluzioni innovative per misura e controllo.

La linea di prodotti include prestigiosi marchi internazionali per: metrologia elettrica, tempo e frequenza, RF, termometria, pressione e portata, alimentatori programmabili DC e AC, carichi elettronici dinamici DC e AC, sistemi per prove di sicurezza elettrica, strumentazione general purpose e di processo, soluzioni per T&M. Sempre attenti alle novità di mercato, grazie allo staff formato da specialisti con oltre 30 anni di esperienza nel settore, CalPower è in grado di offrire soluzioni tecnicamente avanzate e di ultimissima generazione.

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere.

Eaton supercapacitor modules are high reliability, high power, ultra-high capacitance energy storage devices utilizing electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) technology with proprietary materials and processes. This combination of advanced technologies allows Eaton to offer a wide variety of supercapacitor solutions tailored to applications for backup power, peak power and hybrid power systems.

CapTop, spin-off company of the Federico II University of Naples, has the industrial capabilities and the scientific competences to lead the product and process innovation of the world class supercapacitor scene.

CapTop is the first supercapacitor tech-company in Italy and among the first in the world to have the supercapacitor cell line product up to 3 V, available as cells form 1 to 5000 F, or as modules from 16 V to 100 V.

ATME opera per proteggere le utenze e migliorare la qualità dell’alimentazione elettrica in tutti i settori in cui una interruzione o bassa qualità dell’energia provoca lunghi fermi impianto, distruzione di materia prima preziosa o situazioni di pericolo per cose o persone.

ATME ha sviluppato il suo punto di forza nella capacità di individuare (e ingegnerizzare) la soluzione più idonea sia in termini di prodotto che di personalizzazione, sulle esigenze specifiche di ciascun cliente e di poter fornire impianti chiavi in mano, andando così a valorizzare maggiormente l’azione sul proprio mercato.

Groundbreaking solutions to power superconducting magnets, cutting energy and operational costs, enabling new possibilities in fusion energy, physics experiments, heavy transport, magnetic resonance imaging and space exploration.

Do not waste energy and space in supplying superconductors. Use energy only when and where you really need it.

Batteries is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on battery technology and materials published monthly online by MDPI.

Batteries include a Section on Supercapacitors, covering topics in supercapacitor-related research, development and applications.

Batteries Special Issue from this Workshop

Final

Workshop Program

First day Wednesday 5 November
  • 8:30 - All day
    Opening of
    registration desk
  • 9:00 - All Workshop
    Poster Session
    Start of Poster Session
    Posters can be hung from now
  • 9:30 - 9:40
    Greetings and
    introduction
    Alessandro Lampasi, Workshop Chairman
    Carlo Massimo Casciola, Dean of Faculty
    Antonio Morandi, EERA JP Energy Storage
    Enrico Silva, IEEE Council on Superconductivity
    Giuseppe Taddia, OCEM Power Electronics
    Gianluca Scanu, CalPower
    Mauro Martini, Eaton Supercapacitors
    Giancarlo Abbate, CapTop
    Anna Bruno, ATME
Session SMES
  • Session Chair
    Enrico Silva
    Roma Tre University
    Italy
  • 9:40 - 10:00
    Superconducting
    magnetic
    energy storage:
    State-of-the-art
    and application
    Antonio Morandi
    University of Bologna
    Italy
  • 10:00 - 10:20
    SMES systems:
    Design, control
    and provision of
    ancillary services
    to the power grid
    Georgios Christoforidis
    University of Western Macedonia
    Greece
  • 10:20 - 10:40
    Tackling high power
    demands with the
    Magnetic Energy
    Storage and Transfer
    system (MEST)
    Francesco Santoro
    Consorzio RFX
    Italy
  • 10:40 - 11:00
    Superconductivity
    technologies for
    the energy transition
    Matteo Tropeano
    ASG Superconductors
    Italy
Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:20
    Coffee break
Session Supercapacitors
  • Session Chair
    Sabino Pipolo
    ENEA
    Italy
  • 11:20 - 11:40
    Grid stabilization
    and frequency regulation
    with supercapacitors
    Giancarlo Abbate
    CapTop
    Italy
  • 11:40 - 12:00
    Supercapacitor
    technology for electric
    grid stabilization
    Akos Labady
    Eaton
    Hungary
  • 12:00 - 12:20
    MetSuperCap:
    A European project
    on supercapacitor
    metrology
    Melika Hassanzadeh
    National Metrology Institute (INRiM)
    Italy
  • 12:20 - 12:40
    Supercapacitor
    safety and ageing
    Thomas Dore
    University College London
    United Kingdom
  • 12:40 - 13:00
    Flywheel storage systems:
    Principles, applications
    and integration
    Anna Bruno
    ATME
    Italy
Lunch Break
  • 13:00 - 14:00
    Lunch break
Session Innovation & Startups
  • Session Chair
    Francesca Soavi
    University of Bologna
    Italy
  • 14:00 - 14:20
    Developments in
    supercapacitor technology
    with focus on electrodes,
    current collectors
    and electrolytes
    Aldo Girimonte
    Novac
    Italy
  • 14:20 - 14:40
    Thermally-chargeable
    supercapacitors
    for self-sustainable
    textile systems
    Joana Teixeira
    REQUIMTE/LAQV
    University of Porto
    Portugal
  • 14:40 - 15:00
    Be.Me: Bio-based
    materials for energy
    Paolo Stufano
    National Research Council (CNR)
    B-ME
    Italy
  • 15:00 - 15:20
    Supercaps based on
    carbon nanotubes
    for next generation
    energy harvesting
    IoT devices:
    The Superlock project
    Shaun McBride
    Superlock Consortium
    NRGeer
    Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium
  • 15:20 - 15:40
    Contactless
    power supplies for
    superconducting coils
    Marianna Di Pietrantonio
    University of Tuscia
    Magnetic Future
    Italy
Coffee Break
  • 15:40 - 16:00
    Coffee break
Session Big Science & Fusion
  • Session Chair
    Cristina Terlizzi
    University of Rome Tor Vergata
    Italy
  • 16:00 - 16:20
    Ultracap-based storage
    for the 16-phases
    high current inverter
    of the ASDEX Upgrade
    fusion experiment
    Markus Teschke
    Max Planck Institute
    Germany
  • 16:20 - 16:40
    Experience and
    future prospects
    of power supplies
    for the SMART
    experiment
    Juan Sánchez Gamino
    University of Seville
    Spain
  • 16:40 - 17:00
    Fast and regenerative
    power supplies
    for nuclear fusion
    Felice Liccardo
    OCEM Power Electronics
    Italy
Social Tour
  • 17:00 - 19:00
    Social Tour
    Enrico Fermi Museum
    Via Panisperna
Social Dinner
  • 20:00
    Hostaria al Boschetto
    Via del Boschetto, 30
    Self-funded
Second day Thursday 6 November
  • 8:30 - All day
    Opening of
    registration desk
  • 9:00 - All Workshop
    Poster Session
    Posters can be still kept and discussed
Session Long Duration (LDES)
  • Session Chair
    Omar Perego
    RSE
    Italy
  • 9:00 - 9:20
    LDES in Europe:
    Challenges,
    R&D priorities and
    future directions
    Margherita Moreno
    ENEA
    Italy
  • 9:20 - 9:40
    Against climate
    changes with
    energy storage
    Letizia Magaldi
    Magaldi Green Energy
    Kyoto Club
    Italy
  • 9:40 - 10:00
    Why, how & when
    the new long duration
    is going to happen?
    Antonio Zingales
    SAET
    Italy
Session Thermal Storage (TES)
  • Session Chair
    Paolo Ciambelli
    University of Salerno
    Italy
  • 10:00 - 10:20
    Concrete structured
    bed TES with
    direct contact of the
    heat transfer fluid
    Giuseppe Sabetta
    Eni
    Italy
  • 10:20 - 10:40
    TES based on
    fluidized-sand
    bed technology
    Lorenzo Romagnoli
    University of Rome Sapienza
    Magaldi Green Energy
    Italy
Coffee Break
  • 10:40 - 11:00
    Coffee break
Session Smart(er) Grids
  • Session Chair
    Federico Santi
    University of Rome Sapienza
    Italy
  • 11:00 - 11:20
    Energy storage
    in power systems
    Maria Carmen Falvo
    University of Rome Sapienza
    Italy
  • 11:20 - 11:40
    Role and strategy
    of the Italian TSO
    in the energy
    transition
    Andrea Ludovici
    Terna
    Italy
  • 11:40 - 12:00
    High dynamic
    energy storage
    solutions with
    adaptative
    grid forming
    for enhanced
    resiliency
    Xavier Benavides
    Hybrid Energy Storage Solutions
    Spain
  • 12:00 - 12:20
    The challenge
    of long-term
    energy storage
    Linda Barelli
    University of Perugia
    Italy
  • 12:20 - 12:40
    AC battery
    vs centralized
    Power Conversion
    System (PCS)
    Luigi Pellegrino
    Hitachi Energy
    Italy
  • 12:40 - 13:00
    Technological
    evolution and
    energy efficiency
    of uninterruptible
    power supplies
    Nicola Degani
    Riello UPS
    Italy
Lunch Break
  • 13:00 - 14:00
    Lunch break
Session Transportation
  • Session Chair
    Ottorino Veneri
    National Research Council (CNR)
    STEMS
    Italy
  • 14:00 - 14:20
    Design, optimization
    and management
    of SC-based hybrid
    storage systems for
    urban buses
    Clemente Capasso
    National Research Council (CNR)
    STEMS
    Italy
  • 14:20 - 14:40
    How ultracaps
    can make
    public transport
    sustainable
    Paolo Bernardini
    E-CO
    Consorzio SmartBUS
    Italy
  • 14:40 - 15:00
    The challenges of
    using energy storage
    technologies
    in maritime
    transportation
    Marcos Lafoz Pastor
    CIEMAT
    Spain
  • 15:00 - 15:20
    Hybridization of
    public transportation
    vessel in Venice
    using batteries
    and SiC converters
    Davide Coffele
    E2C
    Italy
  • 15:20 - 15:40
    Study of the direct
    parallel connection of
    batteries/supercaps
    for automotive
    applications
    Leone Martellucci
    University of Rome Sapienza
    Fast Charge Engineering
    Italy
  • 15:40 - 16:00
    Energy storage
    traction converter
    for maglev trains
    Paolo Bordignon
    RXHK
    China
Bonus Session
  • Session Chair
    Alessandro Lampasi
    ENEA
    Italy
  • 16:00 - 16:20
    Connective
    engineering and
    digital twins for
    the energy transition
    Giuseppe Corcione
    Reinova
    Italy
  • 16:20 - 16:40
    Energy storage
    applications for
    data/AI centers
    Nicola Poli
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    E-Storage
    USA
Conclusions
  • 16:40 - 16:50
    Workshop awards
  • 16:50
    Open discussion
    and conclusions

Presented and Awarded Posters

Simplifying hybrid storage: Passive VRFB–SC coupling for greener energy systems

M. Giovannucci, E. Petri, A. Brilloni, E. M. Heigl, A. Zauner, E. Oyarbide, J. Charvát, F. Soavi
University of Bologna, Italy
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
Epic Power Converters, Spain
University of Zaragoza, Spain
University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

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Lithium battery temperature estimation by using battery impedance

L. Mattia, B. Ospina Agudelo, H. Beiranvand, M. Liserre, W. Zamboni
University of Salerno, Italy
Kiel University, Germany

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The Magnetic Energy Storage and Transfer system (MEST): From concept to small-scale prototype

F. Santoro
Consorzio RFX, Italy

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Reconfigurable multilevel power converter based on supercapacitors for the SMART tokamak

P. Vicente Torres
University of Seville, Spain

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Techno-economic analysis of hydrogen refuelling stations in various cities in Italy

A. M. Abdala, A. L. Facci, M. Maggini, M. Aslam, S. Ubertini
University of Tuscia, Italy

Enhancing EV performance with supercapacitor hybrid systems: towards digital twin

A. Aleksic, C. Terlizzi, S. Bifaretti
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

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Evaluation of the feasibility of 100% renewable scenario for a case study: Italy

F. P. Buzzi, A. Lattouf, S. Ubertini, A. L. Facci
University of Tuscia, Italy

Design of a wide-area monitoring system-based damping controller for a SMES unit

M. Bey, R. Araria, A. Berkani, S. Drias, K. Negadi
University of Tiaret, Algeria

High-power arbitrary electronic load with energy recovery

A. Darjazi Dolaby, S. Bifaretti, A. Lampasi, S. Pipolo, C. Terlizzi, P. Zanchetta
University of Pavia, Italy
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
ENEA, Italy
DTT S. c. a r. l., Italy

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Characterization and modeling of supercapacitors over a wide current range

F. Desana, S. Pipolo, A. Lampasi
University of Tuscia, Italy
ENEA, Italy
DTT S. c. a r. l., Italy

AI-driven optimization of EIS measurements for fast and accurate battery SoC estimation

F. Milano, H. Mustafa, M. Molinara, L. Ferrigno
University of Cassino, Italy

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E-Boat: A digital twin approach for full-electric vessels integrating batteries and SiC power converters

D. Pasqualotto
E2C, Italy

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Perovskite solar cells and supercapacitors on flexible substrates: A powerful synergy for hybrid photo-supercapacitors

A. Patra, H. J. Lomeri, F. De Rossi, F. Jafarzadeh, J. Ali, G. Polino, C. S. Rout, F. Brunetti
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, India

New materials and manufacturing processes for high energy supercapacitors

E. Petri, M. Arnaiz, P. Luís, J. Ajuria, F. Soavi
University of Bologna, Italy
CIC energiGUNE, Spain

Development of innovative HTS coil design for magnet applications

S. Afzal, S. Carusotti, G. Calabrò
University of Tuscia, Italy

Captery technology: Extending energy, minimizing waste

A. Coppola, M. Cascella, E. Adinolfi, C. Pianese
Rithema, Italy

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Carbon nanotubes-polyaniline nanocomposites as supercapacitor electrodes

M. F. De Riccardis, C. Prontera, M. Re, D. Carbone, F. Di Benedetto
ENEA, Italy

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Experimental analysis of the "nail penetration test" on modules with cylindrical cells with immersion cooling

M. Giannini
Fast Charge Engineering, Italy

Laser-induced graphene electrodes scribed onto composite membranes for high-performance micro-supercapacitor applications

O. Salah, N. Raouafi
University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Supercapacitor & hybrid solutions for the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) grid stability, safety and reliability

M. K. Suan Tial, S. Pipolo, R. Romano
DTT S. c. a r. l., Italy
ENEA, Italy

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