Batteries have been with us for decades although invisible to most of the population. They hide in portable radios, flashlights, toys, personal computers, and smartphones. Now, two major industrial sectors, energy and transport, are also…
The MALMO project starts on the 24th of March 2022, and stands for “New machine learning process monitoring methodologies based on spectroscopic techniques for inline inspection of thin film PV industrial manufacturing processes”. This project aims at…
A total of eight research groups have participated in the second edition of the Lab to Market (L2M) program, an initiative promoted by the R+D+i Energy for Society (XRE4S) Network with the aim of helping…
IREC will participate in Saló de l’Ensenyament 2022 on Friday, March the 18th 2022. The Institute will be located in the Espaiciència stand, organized by the Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRI).…
The Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Government of Catalonia, Teresa Jordà, has signed today a collaboration agreement with Gurb City Council, Vic City Council, Osona County Council and University of…
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…
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…
The leading center for R&D in batteries in southern Europe, Battech, has analyzed the reliability and useful lifetime of lithium-ion batteries for RUBI GROUP. The company has developed a new line of work tools for…
Technological advances and social awareness towards more sustainable mobility and new features of the small vehicles have allowed proliferation of new mobility devices, such as drones, e-scooters, etc. A global market share of $25 billion…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has completed the installation of a new optical system for the industrial inspection of the roll-to-roll manufacturing processes of flexible photovoltaic devices at the Austrian company Sunplugged, an…