The R&D&I Platform in Marine Energies of Catalonia (PLEMCAT), led by IREC, has been awarded the 2025 Engineering and Progress Award by the Col·legi d’Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports. The award was presented this…
On Friday 16 May, the Hon. Ms Sílvia Paneque i Sureda, Minister of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, visited the ongoing earthworks of the PRIMA Platform (Experimental Platform to Drive…
Once again, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) joins the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, reaffirming its commitment to visibility, recognition, and the full inclusion of women in…
Today, women scientists from IREC took part in the #científiques event, an initiative aimed at increasing the presence of women in science and technology in Catalonia. Organized by the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca…
Today, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), a CERCA center dedicated to research and technological development in the field of energy, welcomed 14 students from the Centre d’Estudis Stucom as part of the Escolab…
Within the framework of Research Centres of Catalonia, the CERCA Institute has launched the Premis PIONER awards to recognise researchers working in one of the CERCA centres who have presented a doctoral thesis with results…
On the 25th of November, Levon Gevorkov was awarded the Impact award of the Global Prize Innovation in Desalination (GPID) within the category “TRL 1-3 Digital business model Process Optimization and Automation Management”. The GPID…
Recently, IREC took a significant step in its commitment to enhancing academic research evaluation processes. The Institute signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and joined the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA),…
The Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) has commissioned the engineering firm Colomer-Rifà, SLP to design the PRIMA Platform for Testing and Demonstration for the Energy Transition and its experimental fields. The design…
In a strategic move towards boosting research and development initiatives, the ATRA-EN project (“Attracting talent for a sustainable future“) has been granted. With the commitment to fostering a diverse and dynamic talent pool, ATRA-EN aims…