The Platform-ZERO project, starting this month, aims to improve the overall production quality of photovoltaic devices, and at the same time to lower fabrication costs, through zero defect manufacturing. This will be achieved by applying…
The R+D+I Network Energy for Society (XRE4S) is a benchmark energy ecosystem that encompasses the entire energy spectrum and promotes the energy transition at a Catalan and international level. The XRE4S is coordinated by IREC…
We are excited to announce the launch of BLOW (Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at harnessing the floating offshore wind energy potential of the Black Sea. Offshore wind is a clean,…
Today, Friday, the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Pere Aragonès, has made an institutional visit to the region of Osona to visit different projects and get to know the economic and social boost initiatives…
IREC has offered several research and technical staff positions thanks to the INVESTIGO program. This program from AGAUR (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca) aims to give grants for the recruitment of young…
Three IREC researchers receive Ramon y Cajal fellowships (RyC 2021), whose contract begins on January 2023: The purpose of these fellowships is to promote the incorporation of research personnel, from Spain or abroad, with an…
Tech4Win began in January 2019 and proposed a highly innovative transparent photovoltaic (PV) window concept that is based on the integration of an ultraviolet (UV) selective coating, working as a UV filter and as a…
Pedro Vidal, researcher from the Solar Energy Materials and Systems group, and Viktoria Golovanova, researcher from the Energy Storage, Harvesting and Catalysis group, get 2 of the 6 Pioner 2022 awards, given to the best…
The Energy for Society Network (XRE4S), coordinated by IREC, has launched a press release on Monday the 19th of December 2022, highlighting that four of the technologies of their members are constituted as a spin-off…
Today photovoltaics (PV) has become one of the most cost-effective forms of electricity production globally and in some regions is already the most competitive unsubsidised form of electricity. Despite positive cost and growing developments, European…