The 3Dstore project, led by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), with the participation of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the steel company CELSA, has developed an industrial monitoring system powered by…
Today, March 20, 2026, IREC held THE Day event, entitled “European Projects Coordinated by IREC: Sharing Knowledge, Experience and Success” at Parc Tecnològic Barcelona Activa in the framework of the nationally funded project TransHEner3.0. The…
Today, Oxhyd Energy S.L. is officially launched as a new technology startup created in Barcelona as a spin-off of the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies…
IREC has been able to improve its research data management systems deploy its Open Science strategy thanks to the María de Guzmán (MdG) funding from FECYT. In the last years, IREC has started the deployment…
IREC has led the SUPORT consortium, which has developed and validated an innovative process to produce sustainable maritime fuels from wastewater and CO₂ generated during its treatment, in collaboration with the Port of Barcelona, Aigües…
The recycling of lithium-ion batteries represents a strategic challenge for the energy transition, as it generates a new complex fraction of waste called black mass, a heterogeneous mixture containing metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel…
As a reference centre in advanced optical spectroscopy and artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted monitoring systems, IREC participates in the PROSAFE project, together with Lenz Instruments, a company specialized in the design and manufacture of advanced inspection…
IREC is a partner in the PHOTO-RECIRCUIT project, entitled “Photovoltaic-integrated recycled steel circuit boards for sustainable low-power IoT electronics”. It is a public–private collaborative initiative funded under the Spanish programme Ayudas a Proyectos de Colaboración…
The European project HELIOS, funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, has concluded after 4 years of work with significant progress toward safer, more efficient and more sustainable battery systems for urban electric mobility. The initiative,…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has launched a new pilot line for the manufacturing of ceramic devices using 3D printing for the generation and use of renewable hydrogen. This manufacturing process for complete…