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A European project seeks to roll out solutions to increase the Catalan coast’s ability to adapt to climate change

2022-10-17T15:12:13+00:00May 12th, 2022|Press Notes, Smart Management Systems, Sustainability|

The European IMPETUS project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has launched a public survey open to companies, local entities, industry, organisations and the public to have them take part in proposing and evaluating effective solutions to increase the Catalan coast’s ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This survey provides the chance [...]

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Technology for removing petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated soil under study

2022-10-17T15:18:48+00:00April 28th, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European LIFE MySOIL project to test on a pilot scale the feasibility of mycoremediation using fungal inocula to remove petroleum hydrocarbons from soil, a kind of substance estimated to be present, on average, in 35 per cent of contaminated sites in Europe. The MySOIL project, which is partly funded by [...]

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Barcelona, technology trend capital for coping with the global tourism challenges, from sustainability to the metaverse

2022-10-17T15:25:52+00:00April 21st, 2022|Press Notes, Sustainability|

This May, Barcelona will host Forum TurisTIC, the benchmark event in the application of ICT to the tourism industry, organised by the Eurecat technology centre. The seventh edition of this event will address the technological transformation of tourism and the global challenges it is facing, such as sustainability and climate change, and the new environment and [...]

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Eurecat tests a technology for remediating contaminated soils using fungi

2022-10-17T15:30:11+00:00April 1st, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is developing a research project to remediate hydrocarbon-contaminated soils through a micro-remediation technology that uses fungi and has a lower environmental cost than conventional techniques. In the context of the project, funded by the Torres Quevedo programme, ‘parameters such as soil texture, nutrients or microorganisms that control the degradation of hydrocarbons by [...]

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Eurecat presents the prototype of a printed device for producing green hydrogen at the LOPEC fair

2022-10-17T15:34:01+00:00March 25th, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Fires, Functional Printing, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European LOPEC fair, the leading event for printed electronics, being held this week in Munich, where it is presenting the prototype of a flexible, lightweight printed device for producing green hydrogen, designed to reduce the impact and cost of the electrolytic cells usually used in this process. [...]

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Reusing water, key in the face of water scarcity and the impact of climate change

2022-10-17T15:34:58+00:00March 22nd, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Consulting, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The increased use of water resources and problems arising from climate change ‘mean reusing water is emerging as a growing need’ since it is an asset that is ‘too valuable to be used just once, in a context of water scarcity resulting from population growth’, explains Miquel Rovira, the director of the Eurecat technology [...]

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A new push for the Catalunya Circular Observatory, the innovation hub of the Catalan circular economy ecosystem

2022-10-17T15:36:55+00:00March 15th, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Consulting, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is contributing to the projection of the Catalunya Circular Observatory, a circular economy innovation hub promoted by the Catalan Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, which brings together information and knowledge about the actions, initiatives, success stories, indicators and aid that are implemented in this area in the [...]

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Groundbreaking technology to recover compounds from table olive production

2022-04-17T17:40:43+00:00February 15th, 2022|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Life Solieva project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has developed and validated groundbreaking technology to recover and recycle compounds in the brine generated by the table olive production process, yielding high added-value products for the food industry in the circular economy. This cutting-edge process has been tested in a pilot plant at the OLEAND cooperative [...]

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Eurecat involved in €12-million project to help build a zero-pollution circular economy

2022-04-17T17:30:31+00:00January 26th, 2022|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European Promisces project which has a €12 million budget and seeks to develop innovative solutions to remove pollutants from the environment with a view to shifting towards a zero-pollution circular economy. Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme and coming under the European Green Deal, Promisces is designed [...]

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Eurecat coordinates €14.8-million European project to fast-track the continent’s response to climate change

2022-04-16T00:05:05+00:00January 24th, 2022|Canvi Climàtic, Press Notes, Smart Management Systems, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the IMPETUS project which is funded with a €14.8 million budget. It is designed to fast-track Europe’s response to climate change and pinpoint specific actions involving innovative measures to help with climate adaptation and make progress towards becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The project, which in Catalonia also involves [...]

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