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A 7-year long project to tackle green living areas from a holistic approach

April 03, 2023

IREC collaborates in the study of the Fundació FP Barcelona to promote vocational training in renewable energies

March 29, 2023

CIRCSOLAR will create a tool to maximise the efficiency of PV installations

March 03, 2023

SIGEEV will provide intelligence to domestic hot water heaters

March 03, 2023

The Government of Catalonia promotes the IREC’s R&D&I Platform in Marine Energies of Catalonia (PLEMCAT)

February 22, 2023

IREC secures over 10M€ Horizon Europe funding in 2021-2022

February 20, 2023

A mobile App will empower people to easily manage and optimize home energy consumptions

February 20, 2023

The TRI-HP project comes to an end: impacts and outcomes

February 15, 2023

The exhibition “Gara 3.0″ continues its journey through the Catalan territory

February 14, 2023

IREC leads the 24/7_ZEN project granted under the Clean Hydrogen Partnership

February 13, 2023

“IREC celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science with inspiring activities”

February 10, 2023

3DSTORE will fabricate solid-state batteries for IoT devices by 3D printing

February 07, 2023

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September 13, 2022

Energy Poverty

TV News

Mariana Jimenez, researcher from the Energy Systems Analytics group at IREC, talks about the high dependence on basic energy supplies to cover the basic needs of households, she proposes a more diversified energy matrix and confirms that extreme weather events are increasing due to climate change. And how to solve energy poverty by combining renewable energies with energy storage or sharing surplus energy.

March 13, 2022

Nada puede salvar los combustibles fósiles

Interview article

En referencia a la sustitución del carbón por gas, el director del IREC recuerda que este es también un combustible fósil. “Aunque es más limpio que el carbón o el petróleo, continúa siendo un emisor de CO2, así que utilizándolo no se está haciendo nada para evitar la crisis climática”

July 12, 2021

Cascading impacts of sea level rise

Interview Article

The rise in sea level -as a consequence of the polar melt- is among the main dangers related to the climatic emergency that threatens cities on the coast, therefore, predictive meteorological models can help avoid the “waterfall effect ”.