Offer to companies

We generate and develop business opportunities for different agents of the value chain of the Energy and Environment Sector. We devote our R&D to the development of technologies, products and tools that provide due response to their needs, on a sectorial and a territorial level.

For this purpose, we develop the following initiatives:

Energy Storage

Technologies for the development of systems and components of thermal energy and electricity storage systems for stationary applications, mainly to support the integration of renewable energies or to provide support to the distribution network.

Bioenergy, Biorefinery and CO₂ capture

Intensification of biomass transformation processes and organic waste recovery. Production of bioproducts and capture processes, chemical CO₂ recovery and CO₂ biofixing (microalgae).

Marine energy and off-shore wind power

Selection of locations, design of marine farms, floating platforms and mooring systems. Design of collectors, components, materials and moorings, as well as the electric systems for energy evacuation.

Solar Power

Electric Management Systems for PV Energy, Advanced PV Module Technology, PV Systems for Applications (BUIPV, Stand Alone Systems, Hybrid Thermo-PV), High Concentration PV (HCPV). High Temperature Thermal Storage for CSP Plants, Collectors & Heliostats for CSP, Materials for Highly Aggressive Environments in CSP Plants.

Thermal Energy

Design of thermal machines, storage systems, heat pumps and thermal networks (heat, cold, low temperature), for the recovery and valorisation of residual heat (at low and medium temperature).

Urban Environment and Land Sustainability

Development of management tools and specific solutions for a sustainable management and use of the city, to reduce impacts on the urban environment and on infrastructures (acoustics, landscaping, air quality...) to adapt the city and land planning to climate change.

Meteorology & Climatology

Meteorological surveillance, forecast, adverse meteorology, modelling, assessments, reports on episodes, and providing support to the media. In the field of ocean-meteorology we act on the forecast, the surveillance and the modelling of waves.

Materials for Energy

Support materials for the development of technologies related to energy efficiency and the reduction of CO₂ emissions: surface materials, materials for extreme conditions, materials for membranes, electrodes and electrolytes, ionic liquids, catalysts and nanomaterials for energy.

Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

We develop applications for a more efficient management and operation of electric networks (microgrids, demand management, power devices, EV recharging, new business models).

Comprehensive Solutions for Water Supply and Recovery

Water treatment and recovery technologies (e.g. nanotechnologies), integration of renewable energy, water management on a city and territorial level, development and generation of comprehensive solutions based on new business models.

Efficient Use of Resources

Processes for the recovery of materials and the energy recovery of waste. Technologies for the treatment of contaminated water (nanotechnology - photocatalysis - nanofibres) and desalination.

Ecoinnovation

Instruments for the promotion of eco-innovation and competitiveness improvement. LCA, energy footprint, carbon footprint, environmental verification of technologies, ecodesign, ecolabelling, economical-environmental balances...