Technological innovation at the Gasometer complex in Roma Ostiense

Rome Advanced District project is an open-air laboratory, an ecosystem dedicated to the energy transition that hosts start-ups and innovative projects. It is an area for innovation to develop, experiment and implement technological projects applied to non-emissive energy.
In an area of approximately 13 hectares in the Rome Ostiense district, ROAD is a business network capable of bringing together the public and private sector (corporations, SMEs, institutions, universities, start-ups and research centres) generating a cross-fertilization process with an integrated supply chain perspective. We are working every day to make ROAD an open, inclusive place, a hothouse of talent and a centre of knowledge and advanced research.

Inside the Complex, and more specifically in one of the twin buildings once dedicated to the production and purification of water gas, is the Eni 2050 Lab, a real technopole, dedicated to the innovative projects and technologies that Eni is developing in its research centres. It is a multi-functional space that also houses an open laboratory with hyper-technological equipment, a monitoring area and an immersive viewing area for advanced modelling based on Eni’s HPC4 and HPC5 supercomputers.

Inside, visitors can see some of Eni's technologies and products for decarbonization, including:

• bioadvanced fuels produced by agri-feedstock and waste&residue supply chains
• technologies from the CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage) chain for the capture, utilization and storage of CO2
• some technologies for environmental restoration (e-Hyrec and phytoremediation) and a powerful model of magnetic confinement fusion. 

The Gasometer is also home to Joule, Eni's School for Business, which aims to support the growth of sustainable enterprises, training a new generation of male and female entrepreneurs through the development of skills and the use of key tools to accelerate start-ups. Joule contributes to providing access to specific challenges and opportunities, provides a network of excellent trainers and lecturers, and creates the conditions to become part of a great community. A true ecosystem where new visions of the future are given space.

Through Joule and CDP Venture, Acea, Vodafone, Maire Tecnimont and Microsoft, with the support of LVenture and the Elis Consortium, Eni has set up ZERO, the Italian cleantech accelerator of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) National Accelerator Network, with the aim of fostering the birth of sustainable enterprises throughout the country, promoting and nurturing partnerships and collaborations with universities, accelerators and stakeholders. 

Near Piazza del Gazometro, just a few metres from the massive facility and from the Bridge of Science, is the editorial office of Agi (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia). After its foundation in 1950, the news agency was sold to Eni, with which it was already collaborating, in 1965. Today, Agi continues to follow its editorial line based on internationalization, which it began to pursue in the mid-1970s through a strategy of partnerships with news organizations located in emerging countries and in areas of great geopolitical interest.