Value proposition

Shaping energy for a sustainable future

IREC is the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya.

IREC is a public research center ascribed to the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Generalitat de Catalunya, in which the Department of Research and Universities and the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN) also participate. IREC is a CERCA center and accredited as a TECNIO center. Created in 2008, it aims to contribute to the sustainable development of society and to increase the competitiveness of industry in the energy sector. The center develops research of excellence in the medium and long term, innovation and the development of new technological products and the dissemination of important knowledge and findings to the general public.
IREC collaborates with the Government, universities and industry, and this is reflected in the structure of its Board of Trustees.

Research Units:

» Advanced Materials for Energy Unit:
• Solar Energy Materials and Systems
• Nanoionics and Fuel Cells
• Funtional Nanomaterials
• Energy Storage, Harvesting and Catalysis

» Energy efficiency: Systems, Buildings and Communities Unit:
• Thermal Energy & Buildings Performance
• Energy System Analytics
• Power Systems

Applied research and technology and Technology development and technical applications.