INCITE MSCA-ITN final event
The final meeting of INCITE took place at IREC from the 12 to the 14th of November, 2019. The meeting comprised a soft skills workshop, where INCITE ESRs and IREC researchers got training in topics…
Front cover in J. Mater. Chem. A
A scientific article authored by members of IREC’s Nanoionics and Fuel Cells group, as well as researchers from the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), has recently been published as a cover in the…
Towards the industrial scale-up of PV windows
The kick-off meeting of the Solar-Win project was held at IREC headquarters from the 16 to the 17th of October 2019. The main goal of Solar-Win is the industrial scale-up, validation under real-world operation conditions…
Purification of water using nanotecnology
A new project started this autumn: GELTHERM (from the Spanish description “Geles nanocompuestos para la purificación de aguas mediante calentamiento magnético”). The project addresses one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century defined in…
Energy Storage group’s research featured on cover of Advanced Energy Materials
The article entitle “Boosting Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of Hematite in Acidic Electrolytes by Surface State Modification” recently published as a cover on Advanced Energy Materials, on it has involved the ICN2 Advanced Electron Nanoscopygroup, the IREC Energy…
IREC adhering to the declaration of climate emergency
IREC joins to the call of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body to evaluate science related to climate change, in recognition of the work of the IPCC, where it was…
The COREWIND project has officially started!
Launched in September 2019, COREWIND (COst REduction and increase performance of floating WIND technology) is a Horizon 2020 project which aims to achieve cost reduction of offshore floating wind technology (15% LCOE reduction) by optimizing…
EmpowerMED H2020 project for energy poverty mitigation
Empowering women to take action against energy poverty in the Mediterranean The main contribution of IREC to empower energy poverty affected people is to develop a fast method to do energy audits through smart meter…
The study “Smart Energy Communities” is now published
IREC and Innoenergy have collaborated to elaborate the study “Smart Energy Communities”, recently published by ICAEN. IREC has contributed in providing its vision on Smart Energy Communities, as well as solutions for the improvement and…
High speed and resolution additive fabrication through a new system
The project “High speed and resolution additive fabrication through a new system for controlling the position of the added material” pursues the development of new 3D printing technology that makes use of electrohydrodynamic jets. This…