The Thermal Energy and Building Performance Group of IREC has collaborated in the study “Assessment of the patrimony revaluation for energy retrofitted residential buildings” (REPAREH) with the Centre for Land Policy and Valuations (CPSV), The…
IREC and Eurecat have today presented BATTECH, our strategic alliance to cover the R+D+I of the whole value chain of the next generation of electric cells and batteries for the electric mobility, renewables and capital…
The R+D+I Network Energy for Society (XRE4S) a multidisciplinary and transversal ecosystem that gathers the expertise in the energy field of 14 universities and research centers in Catalonia, and it is coordinated by IREC. The…
Last year, AGAUR launched the “PANDÈMIES 2020” call, grants for research projects in different scientific fields with the aim of analysing the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the concept of pandemic, under a generic…
The project “Laboratory Testing of Heat Pump Controllers for Demand Response through OpenADR Protocols” was carried out by the Thermal Energy and Building Performance group of IREC, under funding from Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in…
The Energy Systems Analytics group of IREC has collaborated in the study ‘Flexibility in electricity distribution networks’ published by the Spanish Electricity Network Platform (FUTURED Platform) to promote R&D&I to Spanish electricity transmission and distribution…
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. It is an intergovernmental framework consisting of 38 Members, 1 Cooperating Member and 1 Partner Member. Paolo Civiero from…
The Catalan electricity grid operator Electra Caldense Distribució and the retailer Electra Caldense Energía, together with Energy Web and Bamboo Energy SL (a recent IREC spin-off that empowers energy flexibility), have announced the launch of…
The RECOMMIT project starts in March 2021, and stands for “Reenvisioning the potential of energy communities“. This project proposes to develop novel strategies for the market layer and integration of the market layer with the other system…
A Catalan consortium that includes the IREC and Electra Caldense have developed a pilot plant to validate and demonstrate a smart electricity grid. IREC researchers have developed management tools that integrate new sensorization technologies into…