IREC has contributed to the recently completed IEA TCP on Electric Vehicles Task 46, a global initiative assessing the full life-cycle environmental impacts of electric trucks, buses, specialised vehicles and V2X services. The project, led by…
IREC researcher Alex López García, from the Solar Energy Materials and Systems (SEMS) department, has been awarded one of the Extraordinary Doctorate Awards for the 2023-2024 academic year in the field of Physics, a distinction granted by the University of Barcelona to…
The 3Dstore project, led by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), with the participation of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the steel company CELSA, has developed an industrial monitoring system powered by…
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…
A new scientific paper published in ACS Energy Letters highlights the transformative potential of high-entropy materials (HEMs) for next-generation electrocatalysts. The article, “Bringing Order to Chaos in High-Entropy Electrocatalysts” (DOI link here), authored by Dr.…
Today, Oxhyd Energy S.L. is officially launched as a new technology startup created in Barcelona as a spin-off of the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) and the Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies…
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 has led the SUPORT consortium, which has developed and validated an innovative process to produce sustainable maritime fuels from wastewater and CO₂ generated during its treatment, in collaboration with the Port of Barcelona, Aigües…
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 recycling of lithium-ion batteries represents a strategic challenge for the energy transition, as it generates a new complex fraction of waste called black mass, a heterogeneous mixture containing metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel…