Energy flexibility is one of the key technologies to face climate transition, enabling the swift transition to a low-carbon energy system that displaces conventional fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Energy flexibility in buildings may…
RESPONDENT is a Horizon Europe funded project that stands for “Renewable Energy Sources Power FOrecasting and SyNchronisation for Smart GriD NEtworks MaNagemenT“. Renewable energy sources (RES) play a major role to the EU’s aspiration to…
The Thermal Energy and Building Performance group at IREC participates in the EU Horizon 2020 project syn.ikia, with other 12 partners across Europe. The mission of syn.ikia is to increase the share of sustainable neighborhoods…
Stanford University publishes the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking, publishes the Highly Cited Researchers list. The researchers from the Catalonia Institut for Energy Research (IREC) appear on these prestigious lists. Stanford University has recently published…
IREC, within the Interreg MED EFFICIENT BUILDINGS project, has been improving the accessibility of the project’s findings to public administrators from the Mediterranean region. The objective was to improve the transferability and capitalization of a…
BATTECH, the R+D+i reference center in batteries in southern Europe, has initiated this semester earning four strategic European projects for a value that exceeds 4M euros, aimed at promoting the sustainability and circularity of materials…
Cyberattacks are becoming a serious threat for power systems and their prevention are gaining attention and need to be better understood by developers, technology providers and network operators, among others. SDN-microSENSE (SDN -microgrid reSilient Electrical…
Task 43 of the IEA’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme (HEV-TCP) received a one-year extension to continue their work through December 2023. The focus of Task 43 is on Vehicle Grid Integration with…
RENEW-PV is a COST Action that stands for “Research and International Networking on Emerging Inorganic Chalcogenides for Photovoltaics“. A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a…
This Friday, 28th of October 2022, several IREC research groups (Power Systems, Thermal Energy and Building Performance, and Energy Systems Analytics) together with UPC groups (ENMA and GRIC), have organized a dissemination session entitled “Pandèmies…