Building- and product-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV and PIPV) are identified as key enabling technologies to make “near-zero energy buildings” and “net-zero energy districts” a reality. The mass adoption of BIPV and PIPV solutions can only be…
In Europe, 104 million people cannot maintain their home comfortable during summer, an issue even more important in the Mediterranean, where heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense. Energy poverty causes many inconveniences for…
Marc Torrell, researcher from the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells group at IREC, and Miguel Laguna from ICMA, are Guest Editors of the Special Issue on “Performance and degradation mechanisms of electrode materials for solid oxide…
Four national R+D+I projects under the “retos investigación” call start this summer. The grant for these research projects include oriented investigations as well as their applications in later phases of technological development and experimentation. The…
The project entitled “Electrostatic control of the jet positioning for ultrafast high resolution 3D printing” has recently been granted. 3D printing technologies are foreseen to change the way we design and produce almost everything. Soon,…
A recent MIT study (link) shows that electrical vehicle batteries could have a useful and profitable second life as backup storage for grid-scale solar photovoltaic installations. These batteries are clearly interesting for storing energy for…
SENSATE proposes ground breaking ideas and concepts combining very innovative thin film materials and highly asymmetric selective contacts with dipoles, for the development of non-intrusive and universal solar energy harvester. The project starts in June…
Naturgy and the Energy Research Institute of Catalonia (IREC) have launched a pilot system to improve the energy efficiency in the therapeutic and educational center within the “Acompanya’m” project in Sant Joan de Déu, inside…
Hydrogen technologies are here to stay. In the context of the current climate crisis, the cities of the future must be free of emissions, and hydrogen will play a key role. A new methodology, developed…
IDAE and OMIE are carrying out the IREMEL project for the Integration of Energy Resources through Local Electricity Markets. IREC has recently won the tender launched by IDAE for performing simulation tests under this project.…