Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano

At the end of the 50s, CESI is developed a leadership in the determination of short-circuit powers inside the transmission lines and in load flows’ problems.

In the 1958, its international aim is attested thanks to an important commission: the study of the system El Chocón Dam – Buenos Aires for the construction of two hydroelectric plants.

The project faced off the development and industrialization of pioneering batteries and, at the same time, wanted to realized prototypes of electric vehicles with a highest degree of innovation.

In 2002, CESI acquired the Piacenza's laboratory from ENEL Produzione, which has integrated and extended the offer of monitoring systems for thermoelectric plants during the operation and maintenance.

ISMES was purchased in 2004 and, thanks to the deal, CESI increased its competences in land conservation, natural hazards and qualification of civil structures and industrial plants, preservation of monuments and monitoring services.

[5] CESI is a founding member of RES4MED,[6] an association that aims to increase renewable energy sources penetration and to analyse the conditions for integrated electricity markets in the Mediterranean area.

The acquisition includes all the high-voltage testing, inspection and certification activities carried out at the KEMA-owned laboratories in Arnhem (Netherlands) and Prague (Czech Republic).

Furthermore, CESI develops and manufactures advanced solar cells (III-V triple Junction GaAs) for space and terrestrial applications (CPV).