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Eurecat and CREAF create a joint unit specialized in nature-based solutions, combining science and innovation to tackle climate change challenges

2026-01-29T12:10:08+01:00September 25th, 2025|Canvi Climàtic, Chemical, Press Notes, Química, Sustainability|

The technology centre Eurecat and CREAF have established a joint research and innovation unit to develop and transfer technological solutions to society and industry, aiming to accelerate the adaptation of Catalonia to the effects of climate change. The alliance between the two organizations seeks to ensure that Catalonia is prepared to face global warming [...]

Ocean Ecostructures and Eurecat test innovative biomimetic structures to renaturalize seabeds

2026-01-29T12:30:50+01:00September 23rd, 2025|Innovation and product development, Press Notes|

The startup Ocean Ecostructures, with the support of the Eurecat technology centre, is pioneering the renaturalization of port seabeds through the development and monitoring of structures that mimic nature and replicate the functions of coastal ecosystems. These structures can generate entirely new ecosystems with between two to six times more species. This strategy, already [...]

Direct potable reuse tested as an innovative solution for water resilience in the metropolitan area

2026-01-29T12:32:59+01:00September 22nd, 2025|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

In the context of climate emergency and increasing water scarcity, the DECIDEIX project, led by the technology centre Eurecat, has been launched to develop planning tools for the safe implementation of water reuse models. The project will validate the safety and feasibility of a pilot based on Direct Potable Reuse (DPR). This model involves [...]

Eurecat innovates in new fuels for the aviation industry to help decarbonise the sector and mobility

2025-11-03T16:19:54+01:00September 17th, 2025|Aeronautical, Press Notes, Química, Sustainability|

Today, at an H2CAT network conference in Lleida, the Eurecat technology centre presented innovations in new aviation fuels made from used oils and gases produced by combining captured carbon dioxide and green hydrogen which are expected to help decarbonise the industry and mobility. Eurecat pointed out how these materials can be used as raw [...]

Eurecat brings new technologies to six European consortia worth over €43 million to foster more sustainable mobility and logistics

2025-11-03T16:17:40+01:00September 16th, 2025|Automotive, Energy, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is contributing new technologies to six European consortia with a total budget of over €43 million to drive the transformation of urban mobility and logistics towards more circular, sustainable and digital models with the goal of advancing Europe’s green transition and achieving the climate neutrality target set by the European [...]

Eurecat anticipates technological solutions to produce synthetic biofuels for aviation and sustainable mobility

2026-01-29T13:51:24+01:00September 15th, 2025|Aeronautical, Press Notes, Química|

The Eurecat technology centre will anticipate, next September 17th, technological solutions for the production of synthetic biofuels for aviation at an event in Lleida organised by the H2CAT network, the Catalan renewable hydrogen network coordinated by Eurecat. The event, presented in a demo day format, will feature live demonstrations of innovation projects aimed at [...]

Eurecat leads project to turn forest management biomass into new sustainable products for the textile industry

2025-11-03T16:14:56+01:00September 12th, 2025|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Textile|

The Eurecat technology centre is leading a project which will convert biomass produced by forest management into regenerated cellulose fibres for the textile industry in line with the push for the bioeconomy. The initiative, which also involves the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia and the University of Lleida, seeks to add value [...]

New technologies to recycle critical metals in computer components

2025-11-03T16:12:43+01:00September 4th, 2025|Press Notes, WEEI|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the RECIPLAC project, supporting the social integration company Andròmines and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC) in developing a new advanced computer recycling process which will make it possible to recover critical and high-value metals such as palladium, copper and neodymium magnets. The project [...]

Eurecat hosts ROSCon Spain 2025, the conference bringing together the robot operating system developer community for the first time in Barcelona

2025-11-03T16:11:04+01:00August 29th, 2025|Autonomous and professional robotics, Events, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre, in partnership with the Open Source Robotics Foundation and PAL Robotics, is hosting the ROSCon Spain 2025 conference, an event that will gather Robot Operating System (ROS) developers for the first time in Barcelona so they can learn and work together to create robotics applications. The applications of Robot Operating [...]

Eurecat demonstrates photoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of compounds from agricultural waste to improve skin health

2025-11-03T16:07:46+01:00August 28th, 2025|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has demonstrated the photoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of polyphenol-rich extracts from agricultural by-products such as chicory leaves, red onion skins, vine prunings and olive prunings, proving their effectiveness in three-dimensional in vitro models equivalent to human skin exposed to UV-B radiation in a paper recently published in the Journal of [...]

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