The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has recently announced the selected projects for new business models in the energy transition and access to the regulatory sandbox for promoting research…
The European MARBEL project, coordinated by the Eurecat Technology Center with the participation of the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), has developed a new battery concept for electric vehicles, focusing on large-scale modular and…
The RETABIT project, developed by La Salle and IREC, has created an innovative platform to support municipalities in the planning and the deployment of the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), specifically, the retrofitting…
Yesterday, on the 19th of March, the award ceremony of premis Amics del País took place, where a researcher from IREC, Karen Quintana Torres, was awarded a mobility grant for researchers under 35 years old.…
eNeuron, a project funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme from November 2020 until January 2025, has successfully concluded. eNeuron goal was to set out a practical and evidence-based framework for optimising the design and operation…
The project CIRSOLAR, led by STERNA in collaboration with IREC and funded by ACCIÓ, has successfully ended. CIRSOLAR’s goal was to develop a tool to assess the health of existing photovoltaic (PV) installations and determine…
Terrassa has been a key site for an innovative construction solution: prefabricated facades with advanced functionalities that enhance energy efficiency, reduce costs, and shorten installation times. Part of the European PLURAL project, these “plug-and-use” facades…
REBORN is a Horizon Europe funded project that stands for “Reusable battery module and management system development for reliable 2nd life“. The kick-off meeting of the project is taking place today, 6th of February 2025…
Despite the deployment of numerous emission mitigation policies through the use of renewable energy alternatives, sectors such as heavy transport that still rely almost exclusively on fossil fuels. One of the most promising and viable…
Four national R+D projects under the “Nuclis” call by ACCIÓ start this year at IREC. The “Nuclis” call aims to promote the collaboration between Catalan companies and TECNIO centres, comprised by university groups, CSIC centres…