Document Actions
Attilio Pigneri
"Attilio keeps us honest about energy"
Anthony Eggert, Hydrogen Pathways Associate Research Director, June 2005
Visiting Researcher
Associate Director,
Massey University Centre for Energy Research (MUCER), NEW ZEALAND
Research Center on Energy and the Environment (CREA)
Università degli Studi di Lecce, ITALY
Attilio holds a M.Sc. (equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy and a Ph.D. in “Energy Systems and Environment” from Università degli Studi di Lecce, Italy.
His areas of interest are energy planning and hydrogen-energy infrastructure development.
He is actively involved in the development of novel tools and methods for integrated energy-environmental-economic assessment and provides independent techno-economical advising services to public and private decision-makers in the broader energy arena.
A credited energy planner, Attilio is the author of several scientific papers and co-author of a book on integrated waste management. His works have been presented at several international conferences and he’s been recently appointed session chairman at several important international events of the hydrogen-energy community (Hypothesis VI, IHEC 2005, Italian Hydrogen Days at UNEP-WED 2005).
He’s been the recipient of a Rotary International fellowship for the Academic Year 2004-05 spent as a visiting researcher in the Hydrogen Pathways Program at University of California, Davis. Whilst in Davis he developed a graduate-level course on Integrated Resource Planning (IRP Class).
Starting in 2007 Attilio is Associate Director of the Center for Energy Research at Massey University (MUCER) in New Zealand, a center with extensive expertise in energy and climate change mitigation policies, renewable energy and energy efficiency
Attilio also works extensively as an international hydrogen-energy consultant.
He acted as a primary consultant to Hydro Tasmania and the Department of Energy, Infrastructure and Resources of Tasmania, Australia for the development of a State-wide hydrogen-energy infrastructure for the island.
Attilio is currently managing a collaborative research project between CSIRO (the scientific research organization of the Commonwealth Government of Australia) and the University of Wollongong (Australia) aimed at developing a technology roadmap for hydrogen delivery in Australia.