IREC has published the policy brief “Enabling Local Energy: How Umbrella Entities Make Energy Communities Scalable and Replicable” in the framework of the Institutional Dialogue Project of the Interreg Euro-MED Green Living Areas Mission. The…
IREC has once again taken part in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, held from 2 to 5 March at Fira Gran Via, Barcelona. Recognized as the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event, MWC…
Designing climate-neutral neighbourhoods and districts requires reliable and comprehensive data that is aligned with urban city strategies for climate neutrality. Digital Twins have emerged as essential tools, supporting visualization, informed decision-making and stakeholder participation in…
IREC is pleased to host Chen Liu as a postdoctoral researcher through a Beatriu de Pinós (BP2024) fellowship. Dr. Liu will join the Power Systems Department at IREC under the supervision of José Luis Domínguez,…
The new European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) establishes binding targets that require accelerating the renovation of the existing building stock, yet the annual energy renovation rate remains very low, at 1%.…
IREC participates in several international research initiatives of the International Energy Agency (IEA), contributing scientific expertise to collaborative activities focused on the decarbonisation and energy performance of buildings and energy systems. Specifically, IREC is involved…
The European project HELIOS, funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, has concluded after 4 years of work with significant progress toward safer, more efficient and more sustainable battery systems for urban electric mobility. The initiative,…
After three years of intensive work, the ColdSpark® project ended, holding its final event in Stavanger on the 26th of November 2025. The project focused on the development of non-thermal plasma methane technology to produce…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), the Energy Efficiency Cluster of Catalonia (CEEC) and the R&D&I network Energy for Society (XRE4S), with the support of ICAEN, have co-organised the 7th edition of Innovation Day…
On 12 November, the kick-off meeting of the SOLARSENS project, entitled “Development of a multisensor system for the detection of critical raw materials in photovoltaic panels and their subsequent recovery through an optimal recycling protocol”,…