The research activities focus on Energy Saving, improvement of Energy efficiency of conventional power plants, novel plant configurations for power generation and poly-generation based on low environmental impact and high efficiency technologies (High and Low temperature Fuel Cells, HT-PEMFC, ammonia SOFC, hydrogen), technologies for hydrogen production and storage in refuelling stations; hydrogen production by reforming systems for stationary or mobile application, Power to gas technologies (H2 and SNG plants), biomass gasification, plasma gasification technologies for wastes treatment. The methodologies common to each research field involve the state of art analysis, the use of experimental techniques, the use of thermodynamic and thermochemical modeling techniques and optimization processes.