The Board of Trustees of the Fundació Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) has appointed Jordi Puigcorbé as the new Director of the centre. The appointment takes effect from today, Monday 9 February…
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…
Today, Monday 26 January, the report La matriu energètica a Catalunya: situació actual i reptes de futur (“Catalonia’s energy mix: current situation and future challenges”) was presented to the Consell Assessor del Parlament sobre Ciència…
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…
Europe is leading the development of offshore wind energy, and meeting the sustainability requirements of this rapid expansion demands efficient evaluation of the environmental, social and economic cumulative impacts across scales and throughout all life-cycle…
The RENEWBAT project, entitled “Recerca d’elèctrodes reciclats dopats amb MOFs conductors i capes primes d’òxid metàl·lic per a bateries sostenibles d’ió-Liti”, has officially started. The project’s primary goal is to improve the electrochemical performance and…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) once again took part in the European Researchers’ Night, which was held on Friday 26 September 2025 at various locations across Catalonia and Europe. In Barcelona, the event…
A pioneering retrofit initiative driving zero-emission mobility and urban innovation The HERO – Hydrogen Retrofit project unveiled in Barcelona the first hydrogen-powered urban minibus. This initiative, led by the consortium of TMB, EVARM, EKPO and…
IREC has secured funding for two projects under the call for Knowledge Generation Projects and Associated Pre-doctoral Research Training Actions, within the framework of the State Programme for Research and Experimental Development of the Spanish…