Today, 21st of November 2024, the Catalan Energy Efficiency Cluster (CEEC), the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), the Energy for Society R&D Network (XRE4S), and the Catalan Institute for Energy (ICAEN) hosted a new…
Facing the challenge of decarbonizing high-energy-consuming industries, the Hymet project has concluded four years of research by developing a national 5-kilowatt electrolyser that produces green hydrogen “more efficiently” to valorise the waste generated by the…
Santa Coloma de Gramenet now has a new sustainable public housing development in the Fondo neighbourhood. The building, developed by INCASOL in collaboration with IREC as part of the European project syn.ikia, features 38 affordable…
At the 18-month mark, the Platform-ZERO project coordinated by IREC, has demonstrated significant progress in achieving zero defect manufacturing for the photovoltaic industry through the development and implementation of innovative strategies. Co-funded with more than…
IREC, in its mission to disseminate and promote scientific culture in the field of energy generation and use, presents the project “Gara OpenLAB“: a project aimed at stimulating citizen participation in science and technology on…
A European consortium of nineteen partners from the automotive industry, research and technology specialists, has managed to develop a complete system based on cobalt-free lithium batteries for electric vehicles, which integrates a series of innovations…
At a critical juncture for Catalonia’s logistics and energy future, a significant agreement was signed this morning at the CZF offices in Barcelona between the Fundació Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) and…
In a significant advancement for electric mobility, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), in collaboration with CIDETEC Energy Storage and seventeen European partners, has developed Spain’s first large-format cobalt-free lithium-ion battery prototype. The prototype…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has validated a new low-cost technology for the production of renewable natural gas from organic waste and green hydrogen in Mas de Barberans, Terres de l’Ebre (Tarragona). The…
Designed by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) in collaboration with the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT), “Gara and the Energy that Surrounds Us 3.0” is an educational dissemination project…