How recyclable is a smartphone? Digitalization of the circular economy

CIRCE and the Cátedra Cemex of Universidad de Zaragoza have organized a conference on circular economy and electronic materials recycling Dr. Markus Reuter is the current Director of the Freiberg delegation of the Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology, a prestigious German research center. In addition, it is an outstanding personality in the metallurgy, thermodynamics and…

Conference “The Second Principle of Thermodynamics and the depletion of the Mineral Capital of the Planet”

This Thursday, March 12, the General Director of CIRCE, Antonio Valero, will give a conference focused on the depletion of the mineral resources of the planet. Place: Room of the Field Culture of the English Court. Paseo Independencia, 11. Date: Thursday March 12 Time: 19:30 Speaker: Antonio Valero, General Director of CIRCE Presenter: Alberto Carrión,…

ITAINNOVA and CIRCE attend the meeting of Spanish partners of the EARTO

The European Association of Research and Technology Organizations groups centers from 23 countries Weeks ago, the Technological Institute of Aragon ITAINNOVA and the CIRCE Foundation attended the meeting of Spanish partners of the European Association of Research and Technology Organizations (EARTO), held in Madrid. The meeting, which took place at the headquarters of Tecnalia, was…

The LCE4Roads project presents its road sustainability certificate

This model aims to improve the environmental impact of these infrastructures by integrating environmental, social, economic and technical criteria throughout the life cycle The LCE4ROADS project consortium presented the final results of the project during the final project conference, held in Brussels (Belgium) last week. The day brought together about 60 experts from the road…

Launch of a key project to increase the efficiency of European financing for clear energy

SMARTSPEND project seeks greater and better designed public support for research and innovation in energy technology SMARTSPEND will organize a large conference to help innovators in financing the risk of access to clean energy from public and private sources, since they need money and connections to increase it. To prepare this conference, SMARTSPEND will inform…

San Jorge University will provide a degree in energy and environment engineering

CIRCE, together with other research centers and companies in the energy sector, have supported the creation and definition of this degree that comprehensively contemplates all energy sources and their environmental repercussions Training professionals with a complete vision of the energy sector, of the associated technologies and their possible environmental repercussions is the objective of the…

Avebiom and the CIRCE Foundation will promote the development of agrobiomass by manufacturers, installers and new entrepreneurs

The European AgroBioHeat project, consisting of a consortium of 13 members from nine European countries, will identify, accompany and advise companies and entities in the development of two agrobiomass projects in Spain The Spanish Association of Energy Valuation of Biomass (Avebiom) and the Circe Foundation participate in the European AgroBioHeat project, whose objective is to…

SIMPLA promotes the harmonization of sustainable urban energy and mobility plans in Spain

This European H2020 project concludes by having supported several public administrations to harmonize their Plans of Action for Climate and Sustainable Energy (PACES) and Sustainable Urban Mobility (PMUS) CIRCE and four Spanish locations have participated in this initiative funded by the European Commission that has been carried out simultaneously in six European countries The SIMPLA…

The HARMONI project coordinated by CIRCE brings together more than 150 European experts in the search for solutions to facilitate the transfer of technologies in process industries

CIRCE coordinates the celebration of an event in Brussels within the framework of the HARMONI European project on January 16 and 17 This event discusses options that allow intensive industries to integrate and implement technological solutions more quickly and easily. Technical barriers are certainly a substantial part of technological development. However, there are other non-technological…