The Spanish State Research Agency has recently granted a Juan de la Cierva fellowship to support the incorporation of a postdoctoral researcher at IREC. This highly competitive programme is designed to facilitate the integration of…
The Smart City Expo World Congress, held this year from November 4-6 in Barcelona, is the world’s biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation Bringing together a diverse global community of industry…
After three years of collaborative work, AMPER S&C IoT (Sensing & Control), Telpark, and IREC have successfully completed the NETBUILD (Smartness Improvement in a Network of Buildings) project. This initiative has developed digital solutions to…
The SOLDAC project has recently come to an end. The main goal was to demonstrate the production of carbon-neutral multi-carbon products from the air, through an independent, off-grid, decentralized and market-competitive process powered by solar…
The Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) has awarded grants for the recruitment of predoctoral research staff within the STEP technology areas (FI-STEP) to researchers at IREC. These grants are aimed…
How do children perceive heat, and how do they adapt to it? The citizen science project Vigilants de la Calor, coordinated by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) with the support of the Metropolitan…
The LOCALISED Project (2022–2025) successfully concluded this autumn, after four years of collaboration aimed at supporting local and regional authorities in advancing climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. The main goal of the project was to…
Scientists at IREC have led a landmark study in EES Batteries (RSC) demonstrating, for the first time, that operando Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) can track lithium-ion dynamics at the nanoscale in working battery electrodes (link…
The SPINELKING project has officially started at IREC, aiming to revolutionize the field of thin film batteries for miniaturized sensors, implantable medical devices, and low-power IoT applications. With the global market for implantable medical devices…
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) once again took part in the European Researchers’ Night, which was held on Friday 26 September 2025 at various locations across Catalonia and Europe. In Barcelona, the event…