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Electrification, shared mobility, connectivity, autonomous driving and constant updating are the top five automotive megatrends

2022-04-16T00:02:25+00:00January 24th, 2022|Automotive, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Engine electrification, shared mobility, connectivity, autonomous driving and constant software updates are the five top megatrends which are shaping technological innovation in the automotive industry, where 40 percent of new car production is expected to be electric or hybrid by 2030. Electric vehicles “are a major trend in the industry although there are also a [...]

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Battech tests out batteries for new line of RUBI GROUP construction tools

2022-03-14T11:32:47+00:00December 14th, 2021|Construction, Energy, Materials Processing and Capital Equipment, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Battech, the leading battery R&D centre in southern Europe, has examined the reliability and useful life of the lithium-ion batteries which building firm the RUBI GROUP has chosen to fit in a new line of work tools to check they can safely operate as standalone devices. This comes in response to market trends which are [...]

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International Cassandra conference targets fast-tracking economic, social and scientific collaboration to address the Mediterranean’s environmental challenges

2021-12-03T14:23:36+00:00November 18th, 2021|Events, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The international Cassandra conference hosted by the Eurecat technology centre has underscored the need to fast-track joint efforts by the private and public sectors, society and scientists to roll out long-term solutions founded on consensus and trust to tackle the Mediterranean’s environmental challenges. “Maybe it’s time for scientists and other key stakeholders in the responses [...]

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Climate change will further exacerbate women’s poverty and lack of opportunity

2022-04-18T00:06:14+00:00November 16th, 2021|Events, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Climate change will further exacerbate poverty and lack of opportunities for women, who on average tend to be worse off in terms of poverty, education, health and restricted immediate access to and ownership of natural resources. This was made evident today on the second day of the international Cassandra conference hosted by the Eurecat technology centre [...]

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The international Cassandra conference warns of rising migration and conflict in the Mediterranean due to climate change

2021-11-22T11:04:27+00:00November 15th, 2021|Events, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The first day of the international Cassandra conference, hosted by the Eurecat technology centre, warned of rising migration and conflict in the Mediterranean due to climate change, which the World Bank says has turned water scarcity into a trigger for growing involuntary displacement and economic and social inequalities. In her talk, Esha Zaveri, senior economist [...]

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Project underway to restore the European coastline with nature-based solutions

2022-04-18T00:13:45+00:00November 4th, 2021|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in a European project to restore the coastline and adapt it to the effects of climate change. It is an action plan for the next four years funded by the European Union under European Green Deal policies and led by the UPC’s Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM). It includes [...]

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Eurecat to host an international conference gathering over 90 experts to address the effects of climate change in the Mediterranean

2021-11-08T10:58:30+00:00October 25th, 2021|Events, News, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Catalan Technology Centre, Eurecat is to host the International Cassandra Conference, an initiative to discuss and provide scientific and technological answers to help make socio-political decisions in response to the direct impact of climate change on health, migration, conflicts and gender inequality in the Mediterranean. It is supported by UNESCO, the European Commission, the [...]

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Eurecat leads €11.7-million European project to build more sustainable and efficient batteries

2022-04-20T15:33:03+00:00October 15th, 2021|Automotive, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Marbel project equipped with an €11,703,385 budget. It is developing an innovative and competitive lightweight battery with a longer useful life, improved efficiency, higher energy density and shorter charging times to fast-track mass market uptake of electric vehicles. Marbel is to design, develop and demonstrate a new compact, modular, [...]

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CO2 conversion and energy digitalisation are two of the technologies most sought after by businesses

2022-07-14T11:07:07+00:00October 6th, 2021|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The conversion of CO2 and waste into high-value products, whether energy or biofuels, and energy digitalisation in businesses are two of the technologies most sought after by the industrial sector according to the R+D+i Network Energy for Society (XRE4S) which includes the Eurecat technology centre. This network is made up of 39 research groups from [...]

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New products developed using carpet and upholstery fabric leftovers

2022-07-14T11:19:27+00:00September 29th, 2021|Composite material, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Pont Aurell y Armengol and the Eurecat technology centre have kicked off a project to develop new advanced materials from carpet and upholstery fabric leftovers in a process which will make it possible to recover the 452.1 tons of waste generated by the company every year. The project is called MOTE and has drawn up a circular economy [...]

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