In a world increasingly committed to mitigating climate change, transport plays a crucial role in the search for sustainable solutions. A recent study led by IMDEA Energía (Systems Analysis Unit), […]
In the digital age, electronic devices have become indispensable elements in our daily lives, playing a key role in areas such as communication, work, education and entertainment. However, the widespread […]
The public defence of Sergio Morales Palomo’s doctoral thesis, developed at IMDEA Energía’s Biotechnological Processes Unit and directed by Elia Tomás Pejó, current head of this area, and Cristina González […]
IMDEA Energy offers undergraduate and Master students the possibility of paid internships in companies in areas related to renewable energies and low carbon footprint energy technologies. Students will be integrated […]
A recent study, the result of collaboration between IMDEA Energía and the University of Alcalá de Henares, has enabled type III wind turbines (one of the wind turbine technologies currently […]
Prof. Patricia Pizarro, coordinator of BIOCTANE project funded by the European Union, has participated in the HE Cluster Meeting for aviation/maritime fuels and biomethane projects organized and held at CINEA […]
IMDEA Energy’s Deputy Director, Manuel Romero, has been awarded the prestigious ‘SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his 40-year career achievements in the development of concentrating solar power technologies. The award […]
IMDEA Energía has eleven of the most relevant scientists in the world, according to the latest ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists’ reference list, compiled by Stanford University and the academic publishing […]
As in previous editions, Institute IMDEA Energy has participated in the different activities of the ‘Smart Energy Congress SEC 2024’ held at the IFEMA North Convention Centre, Madrid, on the […]
Patricia Horcajada, head of the Advanced Porous Materials Unit at IMDEA Energy, has been awarded the Ada Byron Prize of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto in […]
Dr. David Serrano, Director of Institute IMDEA Energy and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Rey Juan Carlos University, has been appointed corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Exact, […]
On Friday, September 27th, the IMDEA Energy Institute became the epicenter of science and fun for more than 200 people with the activity “Energy Guardians: Building a Sustainable Future,” organized […]
The HeatNMOF project, coordinated by IMDEA Energy, was focused on developing multifunctional nanocomposite materials by combining the highly porous and versatile structure of biocompatible nano-Metal-Organic Frameworks (nanoMOFs) with plasmonic and […]
On Thursday 5 September, David Serrano, Director of IMDEA Energy, participated in the Severo Ochoa/María de Maeztu awards ceremony, organised by the State Research Agency, where he received our statuette […]
The global pandemic of COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has had an enormous social and economic impact worldwide, making it imperative to design new […]
Miguel García-Tecedor and Nagaraj Patil, researchers at IMDEA Energy, have been awarded the prestigious Ramón y Cajal contract by the Spanish Government. The Ramón y Cajal (R&C) programme of the […]
On 20 June, IMDEA Energía held an Expert Day aimed at companies and institutions involved in the manufacture, design and testing of electrochemical devices such as batteries, supercapacitors and deionisers. […]
Cirplacar, a collaborative project of the URJC and IMDEA Energía has won the second prize of the 4th edition of the SIGRAUTO Awards for Innovation in Recovery, in the framework […]
Javier Dufour, head of the Systems Analysis Unit at IMDEA Energy and professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, has been elected to the Executive Board of Hydrogen Europe Research […]
How is the scientific and industrial sector facing the challenge of the energy transition and the circular economy? To analyse it, this week at IMDEA Energía we have had the […]
Nearly one hundred students from the Fuel Technology course of the Energy Engineering Degree at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos have visited IMDEA Energy’s scientific facilities to learn more about […]
The public defence of the doctoral thesis developed at the Electrical Systems Unit of IMDEA Energía and directed by Milan Prodanovic and Javier Roldán will take place on May 14th […]
On World Earth Day on 22 April, IMDEA Energy opened its doors to secondary school students from the Antonio Gala Secondary School in Móstoles. The students visited facilities such as […]
The transition to a sustainable economy is crucial in the fight against climate change. In this race towards a cleaner future, hydrogen fuel cells are presented as a solution to […]
IMDEA Energy, in the context of the TODENZE project (ERC-Advanced Gran), has organized the International School of Zeolitic Materials with the support of the Spanish Zeolite Group of the Spanish […]
Ensuring the availability of freshwater is a global challenge, with 80% of the world’s population at risk of water scarcity or insecurity. Moreover, water plays an essential role in the […]
The head of IMDEA Energía’s Systems Analysis Unit and professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Javier Dufour, has been chosen as part of the team of experts that make […]
IMDEA Energy’s technology portfolio, of which a new updated publication has been produced, has been presented at the Transfiere 2024 Forum held in Malaga from March 20 to 22. As […]
During this month of April 2024, two doctoral theses developed at IMDEA Energy’s Electrical Systems Unit will be presented under the direction of Milan Prodanovic and Javier Roldán, head and […]
A team of technicians and managers from ArcelorMittal visited Institute IMDEA Energía on March 12 to explore synergies and opportunities for collaboration. ArcelorMittal is one of the leading global steel […]
The public defense of Beatriz Oraá Poblete’s PhD thesis “Microfluidic Membraneless Vanadium Redox Flow Battery” will take place on March 8th. This is an industrial PhD in collaboration between IMDEA […]
IMDEA Energy Research Institute is participating in the new HYLIOS project, which seeks innovative solutions for the sustainable and efficient generation of green hydrogen through the photocatalytic treatment of wastewater. […]
The public defense of Alejandro Martínez Hernández’s doctoral thesis, developed at IMDEA Energy’s High Temperature Processes Unit and directed by Manuel Romero, Deputy Director of the center, and José González, […]
We are seeking 12 highly motivated doctoral candidates eager to undertake one of the 12 research projects we are offering in the field of biotechnology and systems analysis for applications […]
Institute IMDEA Energy has participated in the stand of the IMDEA Institutes network in the Madrid Regional Government Pavilion at the Science for Industry, S4i forum, which brought together on […]
Next January 25th, at 11:30 a.m., will take place the public defense of the PhD thesis “Study of the Aging of Lithium Ion Batteries in Emergency Luminaires” by Jesús Medina, […]
IMDEA Energy offers undergraduate and Master students the possibility of paid internships in companies in areas related to renewable energies and low carbon footprint energy technologies. Students will be integrated […]
IMDEA Energy launches the fourth call for proposals to host distinguished Principal Investigators and Senior Researchers that would like to perform a research stay at IMDEA Energy, within the framework […]
The Spanish Energy Storage Technology and Innovation Platform, BatteryPlat, held its 2023 General Assembly at the IMDEA Energy auditorium on December 19. During the Assembly, the members of the Platform’s […]
On December 14 and 15, 2023 IMDEA Energy held a new edition of the Young Researchers Workshop. During the event, the center’s predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers presented their scientific work […]
Patricia Pizarro, Senior Researcher at the Thermochemical Processes Unit of IMDEA Energy has been appointed this Thursday as Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. A chemical […]
La Caixa Foundation announces 30 scholarships for researchers of all nationalities who wish to pursue a PhD in STEM disciplines in research centers of excellence in Spain and Portugal. For […]
Co-funded by the EU and Switzerland, the European research project SUN-to-LIQUID II was launched on 1 November 2023. Leading partner institutions from academia and industry will demonstrate scalability and high […]
Batteries are responsible for providing the energy we need for our modern lives and, in many ways, are shaping the future of sustainable mobility. However, there is a significant challenge: […]
Once again this year, Institute IMDEA Energy has participated in the Science and Innovation Week with the aim of bringing research closer to society and awakening scientific vocations. In this […]
Dr. David Serrano, Director of Institute IMDEA Energy and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Rey Juan Carlos University, has been awarded the Miguel Catalán 2023 Research Award of the […]
Dr. Patricia Horcajada, head of the Porous Materials Unit at IMDEA Energy, has been recognized at the University of Alcalá’s “Doctor of Alcalá” 2023 Research Excellence Awards in the category […]
IMDEA Energy has ten of the world’s most relevant scientists on its staff, according to the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” reference list, drawn up annually by Stanford University and the […]
Institute IMDEA Energy has participated in the event “Decarbonization and Engineering: forced to understand each other” organized by the Smart-E2 Chair focused on energy efficiency, emerging technologies and advances in […]
The Science and Innovation Week is an event of scientific dissemination and citizen participation organized by the Community of Madrid through the Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d whose objective is […]
As part of IMDEA Energy’s commitment to the effective transfer of R&D results to the productive sector, ABG Intellectual Property has recently collaborated in a theoretical and practical workshop with […]
Institute IMDEA Energy has participated in the different activities of the “Smart Energy Congress SEC 2023” held at the IFEMA North Convention Center, Madrid, on October 4th and 5th, organized […]
Nearly 200 people participated in a new edition of IMDEA Energy’s European Researchers’ Night. Children between 5 and 10 years old, together with their families, visited the center to discover […]
Institute IMDEA Energy has had an outstanding participation in the different activities of the Green Gas Mobility Summit 2023, held in La Nave, Madrid on September 20th and 21st, organized […]
On September 29th at 11:00 a.m., the public defense of the PhD thesis “Development and Optimization of Advanced Electrolytes for Rechargeable Batteries” by Diana Elena Ciurduc developed at the Electrochemical […]
Dr. Mariam Barawi and Dr. Charles-Alexis Asselineau, researchers at IMDEA Energía, have been awarded the prestigious Ramón y Cajal contract by the Spanish Government. The Ramón y Cajal (RyC) program […]
The Technical Committee of the Madrid+Circular Innovation Hub met at IMDEA Energía on September 14 to follow up on the progress of the different scientific tasks planned. During the meeting, […]
Once again IMDEA Energía is participating in the European Researchers’ Night, with a series of activities aimed at families and children between 5 and 10 years old, which will take […]
On September 8th IMDEA Energy was visited by managers and experts from the Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province, ZDST, (China), together with technicians from CDTI’s Department of […]
In 2021, the European climate law was passed in the full conviction that urgent action is needed to preserve the future of our next generations. This law means that combating […]
On July 19th, IMDEA Energy hosted a visit of managers and technicians from the Malian company Africa Green H2 Partners, S.A., AGH2, together with experts from the consulting firms Interface […]
Next July 21th, at 11:00 h, Elena Alfonso González will defend her Doctoral Thesis developed at IMDEA Energy’s Phoactivated Processes Unit and directed by Víctor A. de la Peña and […]
IMDEA Energía organises a Short-term training for Technical staff and Scientists that will be held on 21 September 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The course is designed for engineers, researchers and […]
IMDEA Energía organises a Short-term training for Technical staff and Scientists that will be held on 20 September 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The course is designed for engineers, researchers and […]
Spain is currently one of the leaders in Europe in terms of renewable energy production and can become one of the most relevant European hydrogen centers, as well as being […]
The IMDEA Energy Institute has participated in the different activities of the Overfly Forum 23 technological meeting, held in Madrid on June 21st and 22nd, organized by Grupo Álava, where […]
On June 7th, the session on Energy Storage, needs, developments and funding possibilities with the Eureka program was held at IMDEA Energy Institute with great success. The capacity was completed […]
The ninth edition of the IP Perspectives event organized by ABG Intellectual Property was held on June 1st, with the participation of Jesús Palma and Félix Marín, from the IMDEA […]
On June 7th, 2023, the IMDEA Energy Institute organizes the Session on Energy Storage, needs, developments and funding possibilities with the Eureka program. Experts from the Centre for the Development […]
The international Defence and Security Exhibition FEINDEF, organized by the FEINDEF Foundation and with the institutional support of the Ministry of Defence, is the most important event held in Spain […]
The lithium-ion batteries on which countless devices depend today, from our phones to electric vehicles, have been around for more than 30 years and have become an essential component of […]
For yet another year, IMDEA Energía has actively participated in the Madrid Es Ciencia Fair, a major science dissemination event aimed at school communities and the general public. Several of […]
After three intense years of ground-breaking research, the EU research project NanoBat ends with revolutionary solutions for battery production in Europe and beyond. The consortium of 13 academic and industrial […]
Over the last decade, the process of decarbonisation of the energy system has intensified. Climate change and the need to reduce CO₂ emissions, on the one hand, and the development […]
IMDEA Energy participated in the City and Science Biennial held at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid from 22 to 25 February. Researchers from the Biotechnological Processes and Thermochemical […]
The IMDEA Energy Institute held three industrial sessions within the framework of the International Energy and Environment Fair GENERA 2023 on February 21st, with the participation of prominent speakers from […]
Africa has a unique potential to exploit low cost renewable energy to produce Green hydrogen for domestic and external markets. Green Hydrogen could become indeed the booster of a sustainable […]
IMDEA Energy organizes three technical sessions and a visit within the framework of the International Energy and Environment Fair GENERA 2023 that will be held at Ifema in Madrid from […]
IMDEA Energy is one of the host institutions of the #Energy4Future programme, coordinated by the Iberdrola Foundation for the incorporation of postdoctoral researchers over two years. Research projects will be […]
Countries and organisations around the world are looking for new ways to combat climate change. Renewable energy sources could be the answer, but due to their intermittent nature they lack […]
IMDEA Energía is part of the European SHARP-sCO2 consortium, which aims to develop a new generation of highly efficient and flexible solar thermal power plants. SHARP-sCO2 focuses on demonstrating the […]
IMDEA Energy Foundation has obtained €1,523,837 in funding in the final resolution of the call for Strategic Projects Oriented towards Ecological Transition and Digital Transition from the Spanish Ministry of […]
Lithium-ion batteries are known to be very versatile and attractive as an energy storage system in the emerging electric mobility sector. This is mainly due to their ability to store […]
With SFERA-III, benefit from free access to top research infrastructures in Concentrated Solar Thermal power across Europe! The 5th SFERA-III access campaign has been launched on 1st December 2022. This call for projects provides free […]
Institute IMDEA Energy proposes a paid research internship programme for highly motivated master’s students to get started in research and learn from a multidisciplinary team of internationally renowned researchers. The […]
The call for applications for INPhINIT PhD scholarships from la Caixa in its two modalities (Incoming/Retaining) has been published. For the Incoming modality, IMDEA Energía has published 10 places which […]
More than 120 students from Vocational Training. Secondary and Baccalaureate students took part in IMDEA Energía’s activities on the occasion of Science and Innovation Week 2022. Over four days (15, […]
The debates of the Round Table “New energy models and optimization of key operations: Trends, Opportunities and Innovation” that will be held in the Technology Auditorium of the “Smart Energy […]
Stanford University has published the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022, a global ranking of the world’s most cited scientists in various disciplines. This ranking, considered one of the most prestigious […]
Dr Freddy Oropeza, Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow and senior assistant researcher at the photoactivated process unit, has been awarded the highly prestigious Ramón y Cajal (RyC) fellowship by the Spanish Government. […]
Once again, IMDEA Energy Institute is participating in the Madrid Science and Innovation Week, an event for scientific dissemination and citizen participation that aims to attract new audiences, involve new […]
The 4th SFERA-III Training Course for Industry will be organised by ENEA from 7 to 11 November 2022 at ENEA Casaccia Research Center in Italy. This course is designed for engineers, researchers and representatives from European […]
IMDEA Energy is developing new materials for a sustainable future. This is the case of Nanostructured Conjugated Porous Polymers, nanoCPP, protected by two patents, one of which is pending in […]
On the closing day of the SolarPACES 2022 Conference, SolarPACES Chairman Gilles Flamant presented the award to Dr. Christoph Falter, now at Synhelion, on behalf of Bauhaus-Luftfahrt, Dr. Johannes Grobbel, […]
The most relevant patents and technologies outcome of the research work of IMDEA Energy will be presented at Patents for innovation, P4i,event that will be held in La Nave, Madrid, […]
Agrochemicals, mainly fertilizers and pesticides, are fundamental compounds in agriculture, as without them it would be impossible to meet the enormous demand for food in today’s world. Although the use […]
On September 29th, 2022, the IMDEA Energy Institute organized Workshop “Urban grids and microgrids” within the framework of Promint-CM R&D project. Outstanding speakers from both academic and business backgrounds, representing […]
On September 19th, 2022, the IMDEA Energy Institute hold the Session “Relationship between scientists and investors” aimed at facilitating the technological entrepreneurship of researchers and bringing the results of research […]
On 27th September, IMDEA Energy will be holding the 3nd edition of our annual workshop for senior researchers. The event will take place in person in the auditorium. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAMME HERE
Five IMDEA institutes are, as of September 1, 2022, collaborating institutions in the Spanish edition of The Conversation. Researchers from five of IMDEA’s centers (Water, Materials, Energy, Software and Food) […]
On November 16th and 17th, the ‘Smart Energy & Expo (SEC) 2022’ will be held at the North Convention Center of IFEMA. Madrid, organized by the enerTIC Platform. The IMDEA Energy Institute […]
The public defense of Ioan-Robert Istrate’s doctoral thesis, developed at IMDEA Energía’s Systems Analysis Unit and directed by Javier Dufour and José Luis Gálvez, will take place on September 5th […]
Once again this year, IMDEA Energía is participating in the European Researchers’ Night, with a series of activities aimed at families and children between 5 and 10 years old, which […]
On September 29th, the IMDEA Energy Auditorium will host the workshop ‘Urban grids and microgrids’, a day in which the main challenges of the development of urban electricity grids and […]
Developing solar technologies for producing carbon-neutral aviation fuels has become a global energy challenge, but their readiness level has largely been limited to laboratory-scale studies. Here we report on the […]
Oleochemicals are chemical compounds derived from lipids that can be used as feedstock and platform molecules in a wide variety of industries. In the transportation sector, for example, biodiesel produced […]
IMDEA Energy has organized in Toledo the 8th International Workshop Layered Materials, from July 10 to 13. The present workshop will focus on the smart design of layered materials including […]
On July 4, 2022 IMDEA Energy hosted the meeting of the “Collaboration with Companies and Technology Transfer” team of the IMDEA Institutes network (Water, Food, Energy, Materials, Nanoscience, Networks and […]
On Thursday 16 June, the City of Móstoles awards ceremony, organised by the town council, was held at the El Bosque Theatre-Auditorium. David Serrano, Director, Manuel Romero, Deputy Director and […]
IMDEA Energy has participated once again in the Energy and Environment Fair Genera 2022, held at IFEMA (Madrid). On 14 June, the conference ‘Solar heat generation for industrial processes’ was organised, with […]
Institute IMDEA Energía will be present next 14th and 16th of June at the International Energy and Environment Trade Fair GENERA in the pavilion FORO GENERA SOLAR 10B41. GET YOUR PASS 14th June […]
Under the umbrella of the SUNERGY pan-European initiative, the newly funded SUNER-C programme will strengthen the solar fuels and chemicals community within Europe. To mitigate climate change, our society must […]
IMDEA Energy Institute is looking for talented postdoctoral researchers to apply for Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01). Promising candidates will be supported and guided in preparation of his/her application with […]
Imdea Energy hosted the Symposium on Materials for Emerging Energy Technologies on 19 and 20 May. The aim of this meeting was to provide an overview of the design and synthesis of […]
Battery technologies currently considered state-of-the-art suffer from several severe downsides in sustainability, recyclability and energy efficiency. The ambitious MeBattery project strives to lay the foundations of a next-generation battery technology […]
IMDEA Energy launches the second call for proposals to host distinguished Principal Investigators and Senior Researchers that would like to perform a research stay at IMDEA Energy, within the framework of the […]
Dentro de la problemática actual de la gestión de los residuos plásticos, los procedentes de equipos eléctricos y electrónicos se están convirtiendo en uno de los temas candentes de la […]
Institute IMDEA Energy proposes a research internship programme for highly motivated master’s students to get started in research and learn from a multidisciplinary team of internationally renowned researchers. A total […]
Power grids are complex and elaborate physical systems. The ability of maintaining all system variables, like voltages and currents, within their acceptable ranges is usually referred to as power grid […]
Félix Marín and Patricia Pizarro, Head of Technology Transfer and Senior Researcher at IMDEA Energy talk in an interview in the framework of the CS Track Project about citizen participation in […]
The 11th “Madrid is Science” Fair, organised by the Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d, has registered a number of visitors in excess of 20,000 people, thus surpassing the number of […]
The public defense of the doctoral thesis of Mª Teresa Páez Viñas, developed at the Electrochemical Processes Unit of IMDEA Energía, entitled “High energy density flow batteries based on redox […]
Institute IMDEA Energy has reached 1000 publications in the SCOPUS database, with a total of 162 registered authors. Of the total number of publications, 425 belong to the ‘Energy’ branch, 350 to […]
In 2020 Institute IMDEA Energy obtained accreditation as a “María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence” granted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation through the State Research Agency for the period […]
The growing global demand for energy is contributing to a relentless increase in carbon dioxide emissions. Finding economical and fossil-free ways to supply energy has become one of the major […]
The water-energy nexus is one of the topics that has gained prominence in the last decade. Recently, the scope of this term has been extended beyond production to the storage […]
Renewable hydrogen is often regarded as one of the most promising decarbonisation solutions. In fact, the European Union is actively promoting the creation of a hydrogen economy. Within this context, […]
The generation of green fuels such as hydrogen is nowadays a fundamental research topic associated with the growing energy demand. Photocatalysis, a photochemical reaction that converts solar energy into chemical […]
In the transportation sector, biofuels have driven the transition from an oil-dependent model towards a renewable scenario. Among biofuels, there are lipid-derived fuels like biodiesel based on vegetable oils. To […]
The European Commission has awarded IMDEA Energy the Seal of Excellence in Human Resources for Research-HRS4R, an accreditation that distinguishes the centre’s work in adopting good practice in the recruitment […]
Institute IMDEA Energy, together with Bauhaus Luftfahrt e. V. and ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Energy Globe World Award 2021 for its participation in the SUNlight-to-LIQUID project: Integrated solarthermochemical […]
The call for ‘Advanced Grants 2020’ of the European Research Council (ERC) funds with 507 million euros a total of 209 scientific projects to be developed in Europe, of which […]
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of porous materials with fascinating applications in sensing, energy storage and catalysis. In the current work*, the active site of a palladium-loaded […]
