Last year, AGAUR launched the “PANDÈMIES 2020” call, grants for research projects in different scientific fields with the aim of analysing the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the concept of pandemic, under a generic…
A new Nature Communications paper entitled “A high-entropy manganite in an ordered nanocomposite for long-term application in solid oxide cells” is released today, May the 11th, 2021. The communication is led by Albert Tarancón, ICREA…
The project “Laboratory Testing of Heat Pump Controllers for Demand Response through OpenADR Protocols” was carried out by the Thermal Energy and Building Performance group of IREC, under funding from Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in…
The NFFA-Europe PILOT project has been launched, the extension to 2026 of NFFA-Europe, whose first five-year term ended on February 28, 2021. NFFA-Europe is a distributed research infrastructure that integrates nanofoundries (synthesis and manipulation of…
AGAUR has recently given two FI-2021 grants for hiring novice research staff to two researchers at IREC to develop their PhD thesis: Natalia Kostretsova, title “3D printing of ceramic-based complex structures for SOFC/SOEC applications” supervised…
The Energy Systems Analytics group of IREC has collaborated in the study ‘Flexibility in electricity distribution networks’ published by the Spanish Electricity Network Platform (FUTURED Platform) to promote R&D&I to Spanish electricity transmission and distribution…
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. It is an intergovernmental framework consisting of 38 Members, 1 Cooperating Member and 1 Partner Member. Paolo Civiero from…
Imagine if we could integrate a photovoltaic panel in any kind of building surface or in any kind of urban furniture without having any constraint regarding size, shape and weight. This would open a new…
The SEHTOP project , coordinated between IREC, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and the Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica of CSIC, has designed and developed novel materials that are able to take…
IREC collaborates with the Public Health Agency of Barcelona (Agencia de Salut Pública) to study the cooperative housing based on right-of-use model, from the point of view of energy efficiency, environmental comfort and health. The Thermal…