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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Our R&D department to support the ecological transition

our R&D department works to design and implement highly engineered and sustainability-oriented solutions for LNG applications. We also study and design solutions for the application of alternative fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen.

We have established partnerships with Italian and foreign universities.
We are active with several research centers for the dissemination of new fuels such as bio-GNL, ammonia and hydrogen.

The projects

THE INTERVIEW.

Gas and Heat S.p.A. was recently awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an innovative ammonia-based ship power system developed to support the decarbonization of the maritime sector.

The project, which fits fully into the company's energy transition strategy, was led by our R&D team. In particular, Sara Evangelisti, R&D Director of Gas and Heat, recounts in the official video the technical and regulatory path taken to ensure the compliance and success of the system, from the design stages to conceptual validation by the certification body.

Ammonia remains one of the most promising solutions as an alternative fuel for the marine environment due to its zero carbon emission characteristics during combustion. Our work has focused on the safe and efficient integration of this technology on board ship, in full alignment with the latest international safety and sustainability regulations.

In parallel, our R&D department is actively engaged in the development of new technological solutions for the transport of liquid CO₂ and hydrogen, consolidating Gas and Heat's position as a benchmark in innovation for the cryogenic and alternative gas industry.

This project is another important step in our ongoing efforts to support the energy evolution of the maritime industry by developing technologies that meet the environmental and industrial challenges of the future.

Our patents

Cryogenic
Plant

The cryogenic system designed by Gas and Heat is a full containment composed by an inner stainless steel cryogenic tank, an outer secondary containment made by a monobloc concrete structure with the inner space completely full of an independent proper insulation. 

Ship with
improved

Cryogenic Tank

LNG2Contain™: an innovative cryogenic tank shape with different diameters capable to support a Tank Connection Space optimizing the space. 

Storage System
for Cryogenic
Fluid

The storage system for cryogenic fluid provides a tank enclosed within a structure in concrete material and it is characterized by an innovative arrangement of the control devices of the cryogenic fluid in the tank to let easy and quick the control and the maintenance of the system.

Procedure and device for refuelling liquefied and similar gases

LNG4speed®: the liquid gas refuelling procedure/device introduced is suitable to be used in a plurality of cisterns for refuelling a single tank thanks to an innovative control of the correct flow of liquid gas regardless of the conditions of each cistern and the tank. It can be used as bunkering (as Truck to Ship) as well as a mobile truck loading device (as Ship to Truck).

NEWS FROM OUR R&D

Career Day Nautico - Giovedì 21 maggio 2026, al Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Gas and Heat sarà presente al Career Day Nautico, il primo career day dell'Università di Pisa dedicato alle aziende del settore nautico Idrogeno liquido per il mare del futuro — Gas and Heat riunisce a Pisa i partner del progetto NavHyS Our delegation at the presentation and launch of the Green Pearl ship Genoa, January 29, 2026. Official presentation of the GREEN PEARL ship. Operations begin for the first unit capable of operating simultaneously in "ship-to-ship" mode (refueling other ships) and "ship-to-truck" mode (direct loading of tank trucks on land). Bureau Veritas & Gas and Heat - LH2 Partnership Presentation Event: Gastech 2025, Sept. 11 EcoLog & Gas and Heat - LH2 Partnership Presentation Event: Gastech 2025, Sept. 11 Gastech 2025 Gas and Heat at the 1st edition of Blu Livorno - The Thin Blue Line / Livorno / May 14-17, 2025 GAS AND HEAT TANKS ARRIVE IN GENOA FOR NEW GREEN PEARL BETTOLINA GAS AND HEAT GETS IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL FOR INNOVATIVE AMMONIA POWER SYSTEM THE NAVHYS PROJECT GNL AND BIO-GNL BUNKERING SHIP ARRIVES AT GENOA PORT PMI DAY WITH CLASS V I.I.S. "LEONARDO DA VINCI - FASCETTI" INNOVATION, RESEARCH, EXPORT AND WELFARE: INTESA SANPAOLO AWARDS TEN COMPANIES HOLLAND AND GERMANY STRENGTHEN THEIR HYDROGEN TIES. KEY PLAYERS IN THE FUTURE OF FUELS. THE SPEED YOU NEED. THE TRANSPORT BY SEA OF CO2 LIQUID CO2 MARINE TRANSPORT MILESTONE AXPO DIVES INTO THE SEA AND CHARTERS A SHIP FOR LNG AND BIO-GNL BUNKERING

FOR FUTURE

Invaluable strategies for a sustainable future.

Gas and Heat is working daily for a more sustainable future. We are deploying resources in search of efficiency-oriented solutions. We are investigating the applications of alternative fuels and carrying out our work sustainably. While resources are not inexhaustible, our will to preserve them is.

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