The 36-month project “Towards sustainable batteries based on silicon, sulphur and biomass-derived carbon” (2Boss) was completed in May 2025. It was funded under the ERA-MIN call and funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research…
Two IREC researchers, Paulina Martínez and Juan Carlos González Rosillo, receive the prestigious Ramon y Cajal fellowships (RyC 2023) which started in 2025, in the thematic area of energy and transport. The duration of the…
Oxhyd, developed by Juande Sirvent, Marc Torrell and Albert Tarancón from the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells Department at IREC, has been awarded the Premi EmErgEnt in the “llavor” category. These awards, promoted by the Clúster…
Between July 2024 and June 2025, the Gara OpenLAB project, led by IREC with the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), has brought sustainable energy concepts closer to more than 10,000…
Maritime transport accounts for 13.5% of transport emissions in the EU, prompting ambitious regulatory measures such as the FuelEU Maritime initiative and the International Maritime Organization’s decarbonization goals. These frameworks target significant reductions in greenhouse…
Once again, IREC took part in the Barcelona Science Festival (Festa de la Ciència), one of Catalonia’s leading public science events, which this year celebrated its 18th edition. Organised by the Barcelona City Council, the…
The Mad for Energy (Bojos per l’Energia) course, an initiative led by the Catalan Institute of Energy (ICAEN) in collaboration with IREC, celebrated an informal closing event of its fourth edition on Saturday, May 17th,…
The R&D&I Platform in Marine Energies of Catalonia (PLEMCAT), led by IREC, has been awarded the 2025 Engineering and Progress Award by the Col·legi d’Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports. The award was presented this…
On Friday 16 May, the Hon. Ms Sílvia Paneque i Sureda, Minister of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, visited the ongoing earthworks of the PRIMA Platform (Experimental Platform to Drive…
On May 9th and 10th, 2025, the CosmoCaixa Barcelona hosted the tenth edition of the 10ALAMENOS9 Festival, the leading event in Ibero-America for the dissemination of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Born as an initiative launched by…