When facing the climate crisis, a general increase in the energy price and the new era of digitalization, the energy sector has more to say than ever. In this context, around 200 representatives of companies…
RESPONDENT is a Horizon Europe funded project that stands for “Renewable Energy Sources Power FOrecasting and SyNchronisation for Smart GriD NEtworks MaNagemenT“. Renewable energy sources (RES) play a major role to the EU’s aspiration to…
The Thermal Energy and Building Performance group at IREC participates in the EU Horizon 2020 project syn.ikia, with other 12 partners across Europe. The mission of syn.ikia is to increase the share of sustainable neighborhoods…
IREC, within the Interreg MED EFFICIENT BUILDINGS project, has been improving the accessibility of the project’s findings to public administrators from the Mediterranean region. The objective was to improve the transferability and capitalization of a…
BATTECH, the R+D+i reference center in batteries in southern Europe, has initiated this semester earning four strategic European projects for a value that exceeds 4M euros, aimed at promoting the sustainability and circularity of materials…
Cyberattacks are becoming a serious threat for power systems and their prevention are gaining attention and need to be better understood by developers, technology providers and network operators, among others. SDN-microSENSE (SDN -microgrid reSilient Electrical…
Task 43 of the IEA’s Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme (HEV-TCP) received a one-year extension to continue their work through December 2023. The focus of Task 43 is on Vehicle Grid Integration with…
This Friday, 28th of October 2022, several IREC research groups (Power Systems, Thermal Energy and Building Performance, and Energy Systems Analytics) together with UPC groups (ENMA and GRIC), have organized a dissemination session entitled “Pandèmies…
DOCFAM+, which stands for DOCtoral training programme in Functional Advanced Materials: Towards a Better Future, is the new doctoral programme recently awarded to the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) by the European Commission…
The Knowledge Industry Grants are aimed at funding innovation projects to boost the technology transfer and cooperation between academia and the industrial sector. Two types of grants exist: Type A: “Llavor Grants” for innovative projects…