CESI Hosts International ESMAP Study Tour
CESI had the pleasure of hosting an international delegation as part of the ESMAP Knowledge Exchange & Study Tour on Grid Digitalization and Cybersecurity, an initiative promoted by the World Bank Group and supported by the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, bringing together representatives from utilities, institutions, and organizations from across the globe. […]
Security, networks and the energy transition
The 2003 blackout marks a turning point. Energy becomes a matter of security, resilience and public interest.CESI strengthens its role in system studies, public-interest research and the integration of renewable energy sources. Power networks change their nature: interconnected, digital and distributed. CESI works to make this transformation reliable, testing solutions before they become real infrastructure. […]
Marina Bernardi Wins the CEI “La Norma è Donna” Award
CESI is pleased to announce that Marina Bernardi, Project Manager at CESI Group, has been awarded the First Prize of the CEI “La Norma è Donna” Award 2026, a recognition established by the Italian Electrotechnical Committee (CEI) to promote and highlight women’s contributions to technical standardization. The award was created to give visibility to women […]
From system research to open markets
With the liberalisation of electricity markets and European integration, the context in which CESI operates changes profoundly.Alongside testing and research, system studies, simulations and analyses of safety and reliability for interconnected networks gain importance. CESI supports this transition by placing technical knowledge at the service of a system that has become more complex, less predictable […]
Opening to the International Stage
In the 1980s, CESI definitively moves beyond national borders. The expertise developed over previous decades is applied to projects abroad: from Latin America to Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Middle East.CESI does not export technologies alone, but also methods, rigour and the ability to work with complex systems. The international dimension becomes part of […]
CESI Becomes a Technological Enterprise
By the late 1970s, CESI enters a new phase of transformation. Growth now involves not only laboratories and technical expertise, but the very way the organisation operates.Alongside testing and research, planning, management and economic sustainability come into play. CESI remains an independent laboratory, while learning to act as a technological enterprise, capable of managing complex […]