With an event organized simultaneously in the Universities of Cagliari, Palermo and Salerno, Terna officially inaugurated the Tyrrhenian Lab. The three II level Masters promoted as part of the project for which the company that manages the national electricity grid will invest 100 million euros over the next 5 years.
In Salerno there were the CEO of Terna Stefano Donnarumma and the rector of the University Vincenzo Loia, in Palermo the president of Terna Valentina Bosetti and the rector of the Massimo Midiri University and in Cagliari, finally, the Director of Grid Development and Dispatching Strategies of Terna as well as president and scientific coordinator of the Tyrrhenian Lab, Francesco Del Pizzo, and the rector of the University Francesco Mola.
The Tyrrhenian Lab is a training center of excellence for the development of technological and digital skills functional to the management of the electricity system and the acceleration of the energy transition process, distributed in the three cities where the submarine cables of the Tyrrhenian Link, one of the main infrastructural works in the country, essential for the development and safety of the national electricity system.
At the end of the 12 months of the master, which aims to create new professionals with managerial, computer engineering and statistical skills, the 45 students selected will be hired in Terna's local offices and will be able to operate as: experts in algorithms and models for the market Electrical, analysis and regulation systems experts, field equipment management experts, station automation systems (SAS) experts and Station IoT systems experts.
“The energy transition is one of the greatest challenges of our time.
Today we can finally see the first fruits of our initiative, a project that looks to the near future by betting on young people.
We are happy to be able to count on three prestigious universities to undertake a shared path of growth, both for Terna and for the young people who are here today.
We need people who know how to manage the transition, capable of recognizing the needs of a sector that is preparing to face an epochal change, in which the gradual decarbonisation process will be one of the protagonists ”, declared Valentina Bosetti, president of Terna.
“The Tyrrhenian Lab is a sustainable project, which will make the entire electricity system grow and enhance the territory of Southern Italy.
At full capacity, at least 200 people will work in the Tyrrhenian Lab offices with an induction of a thousand additional professionals involved ”, commented Stefano Donnarumma, CEO of Terna.
"With the launch of this important training center of excellence, Terna reaffirms its commitment to the development of highly specialized skills, which will help the system change gear following what we believe are the fundamental guidelines: decisive investments in renewables, grids and on the accumulation of electricity ".
In just two months, between 18 July and 18 September, despite the summer break, 170 applications for admission were received.
Of these, 45% in Cagliari, 31% in Salerno and 24% in Palermo.
Compared to the total number of applications received, a high participation of women was recorded: about 21%, a figure higher than the average for engineering faculties.
Most applicants have a degree in Energy Engineering (23%), followed by graduates in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
Finally, the Tyrrhenian Lab also attracted the attention of students from different universities than the three directly involved: applications for admission were also received from graduates of the Federico II University of Naples, of the Polytechnic of Turin and of La Sapienza. From Rome.
In collaboration with:
Terna
