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- Stories on projects, pilots and alliances delivering tangible impact.
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News
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IREC assesses the impact of floods on Barcelona’s electricity infrastructure
IREC has developed a planning tool that allows to locate and quantify the risks that flooding can pose to the electricity grid in the Barcelona metropolitan region. The aim is to help public authorities make early decisions on climate adaptation based on scientific data. Over the past three years, the European project ICARIA, led by…
Read more: IREC assesses the impact of floods on Barcelona’s electricity infrastructurePablo Fernández MartÃnez
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Advancing battery recycling and second-life applications
The European project FREE4LIB (Feasible Recovery of critical raw materials through a new circular Ecosystem FOR a Li-Ion Battery cross-value chain in Europe) has officially concluded after four years of research into innovative solutions for more sustainable and circular lithium-ion batteries. Transport accounts for around one quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, making the electrification…
Read more: Advancing battery recycling and second-life applicationsPablo Fernández MartÃnez
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IREC awarded two Joan Oró grants
IREC continues to strengthen its research team with two new Joan Oró grants (FI 2026), awarded by the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR). The fellowships are designed to support the recruitment of predoctoral researchers and provide funding for a maximum of four years. Open to PhD candidates at Catalan universities,…
Read more: IREC awarded two Joan Oró grantsPablo Fernández MartÃnez
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Presentation of the PRIMA Platform led by IREC for the integration of renewable energy and storage
The PRIMA Platform of IREC, will be a platform for testing and demonstration of energy technologies and new solutions and…
IREC laboratories: Advanced Materials for Energy Unit
The Advanced Materials for Energy Unit at the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) develops novel materials, processes and prototypes…
BATTECH, the RDi reference centre on batteries of southern Europe
IREC and Eurecat technology center have created Battech, a reference center to cover all the R&D&i of the battery ecosystem…