(Finance) – The activities of the Mediterranean technopolo for the sustainable development of Taranto, A strategic initiative that places the city at the center of an ambitious national plan for technological innovation and ecological transition. With the finalization of the latest documents of appointment of governance by the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, of the Minister of the University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, and of the Minister of Economy, Giancarlo Giorgetti, finally gives concreteness to a project that had so far remained on paper and that today projects Taranto in an international dimension, becoming a point Reference for applied research and the development of advanced technologies, with particular attention to clean energy, circular economy and decarbonisation of industrial processes.
This intervention – explains the note – It is part of the largest strategy of the government to give a solid and sustainable industrial future to the city, symbol of the large Italian industry And which can now become more and more a model of advanced development and environmental sustainability. The decarbonization of industrial production and the conversion of the steel sector represent fundamental pillars of this transformation, with the aim of combining innovation and green transition.
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Professor of innovation management at the Polytechnic of Bari, he was appointed president of the Technopolo Foundation. Andrea Alunni, Technology transfer expert with experience in Oxford and Brussels, will take on the role of general secretary. The Board of Directors will be made up of four members: Lorenzo Ferrara, Antonio Felice Uricchio, Leonardo preserved and Maddalena Vietti Niclot.
“Today an important and significant step is taken to make Taranto a model of environmental sustainability and innovation in the deichabonization processes. After starting the relaunch of the former Ilva, with the prospect of making it the most advanced plant of green technology in Europe, we add another fundamental piece in the mosaic that the government, from the first day, has put in place to restore to Taranto A central role in the industrial future of the country and make this territory an example in the green transition, winning the great challenge of industrial conversion “, said the minister Urso.
For the minister Bernini, “It is a unique opportunity for Taranto, Puglia and the South. The Mur has allocated, with a special fund, 2 million euros to start this great project which, in perspective, will be able to see in the technopolo the ideal headquarters to implement the activities financed by the “Just Transition Fund” plan for Taranto. Thus we will have a scientific center of excellence that will be at the center of the development of industrial policy not only of the territory, but of the entire country “, concluded Bernini.
The Mediterranean Tecnopolo Technopolo Institute for Sustainable Development, established with the 2019 Budget Law, is accompanied by two other poles of excellence already active: the National Center for the Artificial Intelligence of Turin and the Chips.it of Pavia. With the Tecnopolo, Taranto affirms itself as a reference point for the applied research and the development of advanced technologies, focusing on clean energy, circular economy and decarbonisation of industrial processes. The redevelopment of the The steel sector will be central in this process, ensuring production continuity through innovative technologies with low environmental impact.