OPDM (stands for ” Optimal Planning and Design of Renewable Microgrids in Spain “) is a newly granted project that aims to comprehensively determine the optimal sizing of stand-alone hybrid microgrid systems based on photovoltaic,…
Yesterday, the 5th grade primary students from Escola Parc del Guinardó visited IREC headquarters in the framework of the CientífiKs initiative. CientífiKs is a virtual educational program of the Departament de Recerca i Universitats from…
The Quebec Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie launched in October 2021 the 11th Quebec-Catalonia call for projects to support Quebec organizations in their partnerships with Catalan counterparts for the next two years. In…
Territories surrounding the Mediterranean Sea face similar specific issues with the adaptation to mitigation of climate change, specifically regarding energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in public buildings. It is thus proposed that they work…
IREC presents “Gara and the energy that surrounds us” an exhibition project for innovative scientific dissemination on energy transition that is today opened up for the general public at Casal Pere Quart (Rambla, 69) in…
IREC is ranked as one of the 10 top research centres in Spain with the highest return in participation and leadership of H2020 projects, according to a recent CDTI report. In the new framework program…
166 researchers funded by the European Research Council (ERC) have won Proof of Concept Grants. Worth €150,000 each, this top-up funding will help them bridge the gap between the results of their pioneering research and…
A consortium integrated by IREC, UPC and the energy engineering company AESA, has developed a reversible electrolyser to implement hydrogen technologies in the city of Barcelona. The electrolysis system has been completed in the framework…
A Catalan consortium has presented a project to promote energy communities among citizens, entities, companies and the public administration with the aim of reducing the price of electricity, and favoring the energy transition and the…
The Producte project (Prod-Cat) was originally conceived to address the gap between research catalysts, usually powders developed at a laboratory scale, and industrially relevant catalytic materials, which have to meet certain characteristics to be functional…