The Generalitat de Catalunya, via ICAEN, is promoting the climate change law number 16/2017 and the proposed law on Energy Transition in Catalonia. The National Pact for the Energy Transition of Catalonia now also aims…
SENSATE proposes ground breaking ideas and concepts combining very innovative thin film materials and highly asymmetric selective contacts with dipoles, for the development of non-intrusive and universal solar energy harvester. The project starts in June…
ICAEN has published a set of IREC studies in the framework of PROENCAT 2050, the Catalan energy prospective towards the horizon 2050 and the energy transition in Catalonia. IREC has analysed and reported the state-of-the-art…
Three IREC researchers receive the Juan de la Cierva grant “formación” and “incorporación”. We welcome: –Maxim Guc with his project “Development and advanced characterisation of chalcogenides technologiesfor efficient solar devices” –Joaquim Romaní with his project…
A Catalan consortium has developed new flexible fabrics that incorporate photovoltaic modules and phase changing materials to manufacture outdoor sun protecting products, such as umbrellas or awnings. The incorporation of the two technologies aims to…
IN4CIS has been selected as one of the granted projects within the SOLAR-ERA.NET Co-fund call. It will develop “New in-line methodology for advanced evaluation of highly efficient industrial CIGS processes“. In4CIS aims to establish and…
IREC contributes with the proper management of the State of Alarm measurements (Resolution 463/2020) announced by the Spanish Government to combat the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2), and will protect the health of his workers and collaborators, as…
The increased consumption and production put these biofuels in the spotlight. The article published in the newspaper La Vanguardia includes the interview to the Prof. Joan Ramon Morante, director of the Catalonia Institute for Energy…
The 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) took place from 2-13 December, 2019, in Madrid (Spain). This is the most important conference for tackling the global…
The association of emerging technologies named BASE3D, focused on additive manufacturing, has recently been created. This nucleus of knowledge brings together the research units that develop R+D+I activities in 3D printing with the aim to…