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Social organisation Solidança teams up with Eurecat to devise a container for collecting clothing to enhance textile waste circularity

2023-05-18T14:01:56+00:00December 7th, 2022|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Solidança, a social organisation engaged in the social and solidarity economy and with extensive experience in gathering and recovering textile waste under the Roba Amiga brand, has teamed up with the Eurecat technology centre using Catalan Waste Agency grants promoting the circular economy to eco-design a container for collecting post-consumer clothing made from the textile waste [...]

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BATTECH raises over €4 million to develop batteries and recycle materials for electric vehicles

2022-12-14T15:42:19+00:00November 14th, 2022|Press Notes, Sustainability|

BATTECH, the leading battery R&D and innovation centre in southern Europe, has kicked off four strategic European projects this quarter worth more than €4 million. They are designed to unlock sustainability and the circularity of materials in the electric mobility value chain by improving the recovery of lithium-ion battery materials and developing new composites [...]

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Eurecat takes part in ACCIONA-led initiative to eliminate emerging pollutants in the water cycle

2023-05-18T14:25:10+00:00October 18th, 2022|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European LIFE PRISTINE innovation project led by ACCIONA which seeks to eliminate emerging pollutants in the water cycle. This is one of the key measures to promote alternative water resources in response to water scarcity which afflicts over 2.8 billion people worldwide. A number of [...]

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Water reuse furnishes alternative water resources to address climate change adaptation

2023-05-18T14:28:36+00:00October 6th, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Water reuse provides alternative water resources which will help address climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean and also in central and northern European countries already experiencing water stress. This was one of the conclusions of the Water Reuse congress held in Girona which additionally showcased the opportunities it affords in circularity and its potential [...]

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BATTECH leads two strategic projects to innovate in electric vehicle batteries with budgets coming to over €23 million

2023-05-18T14:34:44+00:00September 9th, 2022|Automotive, Canvi Climàtic, Press Notes, Sustainability|

BATTECH, the preeminent battery R&D and innovation centre in southern Europe, is leading two strategic electric mobility projects to develop batteries for electric vehicles which are lighter, more sustainable and free of critical materials such as cobalt. The projects’ combined budgets stand at over €23 million. One of them is the MARBEL European consortium, [...]

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Sustainability, digitalisation and automation are critical for agricultural competitiveness

2023-05-18T14:37:04+00:00September 9th, 2022|Autonomous and professional robotics, Data Science, Food, Press Notes, Smart Management Systems, Sustainability|

Research and innovation projects to unlock sustainability, digitalisation and automation in agriculture are helping enterprises in the industry to make more informed decisions and be more competitive. That’s the view of the Eurecat technology centre outlined today, 9 September, on World Agriculture Day. Nowadays “competitiveness involves applied knowledge and developing innovative solutions drawing on disruptive technologies,” [...]

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Flick Hockey and Eurecat create a line of high-performance sportswear using plastic waste recovered from the seabed

2023-05-18T14:38:35+00:00September 1st, 2022|Functional fabrics, Press Notes, Sport, Sustainability, Textile|

Family-owned field hockey e-commerce, distribution and retail business Flick Hockey has teamed up with the Eurecat technology centre to develop a new line of locally produced high-performance sportswear made from plastic waste recovered from the seabed which has cut its carbon footprint by 40 percent. “By leveraging the historically robust Catalan textile industry and getting recycled [...]

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Eurecat takes part in Ebre Bioterritori PECT which is backed by investment coming to more than €3 million

2023-05-18T14:39:53+00:00August 7th, 2022|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Sustainability, Tourism|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the Ebre Bioterritori Territorial Specialisation and Competitiveness Project (PECT), coordinated by el Baix Ebre County Council and 50% financed by the European Regional Development Fund, with the goal of promoting innovative and sustainable business models in les Terres de l’Ebre. Specifically, Eurecat is heading the Living [...]

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Creating lighter, more sustainable electric vehicle batteries free from critical materials such as cobalt

2022-10-17T14:38:01+00:00June 29th, 2022|Automotive, Press Notes, Sustainability|

BATTECH, southern Europe’s leading centre in battery R&D, is taking part in the Battery Show Europe fair, held this week in Stuttgart, where it will present the latest innovations in the field of e-mobility, with projects aimed at developing batteries for electric vehicles that are lighter, more sustainable and free from critical materials such [...]

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Green hydrogen, the use of biogas, gas capture, batteries, new materials and digitalisation, among the new technological advances that drive decarbonisation

2022-10-17T14:43:02+00:00June 3rd, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Energy, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The technologies that facilitate decarbonisation ‘are varied and it’s very important to reduce their costs and increase their robustness’, based on green hydrogen, the use of biogas, the development of batteries to store renewable energy, advanced technologies to separate and capture gases, new materials and digital technologies, according to Miquel Rovira, the director of [...]

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