Industry funded projects

  • IVECO Group

    LCA of IVECO Daily vans.

    This project, funded by Iveco Group, aims to develop a robust LCA methodology tailored to vans equipped with various powertrains, including Diesel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The primary objective is to maximize the use of primary data to ensure a high-quality LCA study that delivers accurate and reliable results.

    A key focus of the project is the logistics sector, which remains underrepresented in current LCA literature. By addressing this gap, the project contributes valuable insights into the environmental performance of commercial vehicles, supporting more informed and sustainable decision-making in a sector critical to modern economies.

  • Stellantis

    Innovative Battery technologies for very high energy density system - HENbat

    Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) are gradually approaching their theoretical energy-density limit, which is determined by intrinsic intercalation chemistry, after decades of improvements on all battery components and packing engineering. In Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), this energy density is insufficient to provide driving range above 310 miles. Moreover, for automotive applications where the request of high massive and volumetric energy density is mandatory, the use of critical and/or rare raw materials can be an issue and increases cost for cells production. The interest is now focused on high-capacity electrodes to pursue higher energy density, such as lithium anodes as well as sulfur or oxygen cathodes. HEN project focuses in understanding how to solve the issues still existing and to work to reduce the time for production. The objectives of HEN project can be summarised as follows:

    Objective 1: development of Gen5 batteries, by conversion chemistries promising huge energy densities
    Objective 2: enabling the use of metallic lithium with proper polymer based protective layer
    Objective 3: development and optimization of sulfur cathode for closer time (5 years) innovative batteries (TRL 5 by the end of the project and TRL 7 in 2030)
    Objective 4: development of oxygen cathode for future batteries (10 years) and for other applications as fuel cells (TRL3-4 by the end of the project)
    Objective 5: development of models and tools: for Li-metal cells
    Objective 6: demonstrate the reduction along the full-life cycle of the environmental impact of the Gen5 cells and the viability of cell recycling for the new investigated solutions

  • Stellantis

    Low eNvironmental ImpaCt Energy storage systems - NICE

    With the rapid growth of electric vehicle adoption, the demand for Li-ion batteries is increasing significantly—and so is the volume of spent batteries expected over the coming decades. These batteries typically contain transition metal oxides or phosphates, along with aluminum, copper, graphite, and electrolytes. The electrolytes, in particular, pose environmental risks as they include toxic fluorine-containing lithium salts and organic solvents.

    Given these environmental and resource-related concerns, the development of efficient recycling processes for spent Li-ion batteries is both necessary and urgent.

    This research project aims to develop a comprehensive battery roadmap by applying established LCA methods and tools to estimate the life cycle environmental impacts of various energy storage systems used in e-mobility applications.

    To support this goal, the study explores multiple battery recycling scenarios, evaluating the environmental footprint of selected Li-ion chemistries, with particular focus on cells that minimize cobalt content in the cathode—a critical step toward reducing environmental and ethical concerns in battery production.

  • Stellantis

    LCA Evolution

    The LCA Evolution project, which forms part of the collaboration between Stellantis and Politecnico di Torino, is concerned with the advancement of LCA methodologies with a view to ensure the accurate evaluation of the environmental performance of high-energy-density battery systems. This initiative is of critical importance in addressing the growing global demand for sustainable and efficient electric vehicle batteries, particularly in light of the increasingly stringent environmental regulations and the transition to carbon-neutral technologies. The project employs a Li-ion battery pack as a case study, with the objective of establishing a benchmark for the environmental impact of current battery systems while simultaneously investigating potential avenues for future improvements. The project involves the assessment of the environmental impacts of the case study with a particular focus on the carbon footprint, considering the entire battery life cycle (cradle-to-grave). 

    The project is conducted in accordance with European guidelines, particularly new battery regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) entered into force 17 august 2023 and related secondary legislation, still in draft version in the moment of writing, containing the carbon footprint calculation rules. Specifically, the secondary legislation includes the Joint Research Centre (JRC) technical report (Rules for the calculation of the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries) and the draft delegated act to establish the CF methodology. Also, the Circular Footprint Formula (CFF) developed under the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology has been considered in compliance with the regulation and secondary legislation. The CFF enables the evaluation of the environmental impact of two critical life cycle stages of the battery pack life cycle, namely the initial extraction of raw materials and the final stage of recycling.

  • Ethos Energy

    Support Ethos Energy S.p.A in drafting the EPDItaly 026-PCR for Gas Turbine

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