Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has signed a contract with Research on the Energy System (RSE), a company for study and research applied to the energy sector which is controlled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, a memorandum of understanding for research and testing of a magnetic levitation transport with Pipe§net technology. In particular, the agreement will cover a new system of transport, initially specific to goods, which will use Pipe§net technology at the RFI circuit in Bologna San Given. RFI and RSE have highlighted that the new system, thanks to the magnetic levitation and electric motor propulsion linear, which operates inside low-pressure pipes, will represent a revolution for the sector.

The scientific and technological interest aims to evaluate the integration of a sustainable logistics system for transport of high-speed goods, through the reduction of friction and energy consumption, with a solution of faster, more cost-effective transport and environmentally less impactful. The CEO of RSE, Franco Cotana, explained that the Pipe§net technology "It will allow goods of up to one tonne to be transported per second throughout Italy without resorting to sources because the energy needed for the movement of fossil fuels capsules, operating in evacuated air and levitation tubes will be entirely supplied by photovoltaic panels integrated into the infrastructure. Thanks to the absence of friction - it has specified Cotana - the linear electric motor will not disperse energy and can also function as a generator, recovering up to 70% of the energy used during acceleration, while the remaining 30% will be provided by photovoltaic panels and Batteries. This infrastructure could move up to a billion and a half capsules per year along the entire ridge Tyrrhenian Sea, from Reggio Calabria to Milan, and along the Adriatic Sea, from Lecce to Venice, and develop the connection of ports and lines Cross. Technology will allow the development of a real and its own network, similar to the Internet, which will allow companies to goods to reach the same destination through routes different".