CIRCE Foundation
CIRCE Foundation

Spain: Aragon

Overview

CIRCE is a research Centre founded in 1993 with the support of the University of Zaragoza, to create and develop innovative solutions and scientific/technical knowledge and transfer them to the business sector in the field of energy.

CIRCE’s mission is to drive forward improvements in energy efficiency and to spread the use of renewable energy by means of the development of R+D+i (Research, Development and Innovation) activities and formative actions that respond to the needs of national and international producers, thereby contributing to sustainable development.

Objectives

Circe's mission consists of the following objectives:

To improve competitiveness of national companies by means of the improvement of their energy processes.
To develop and apply new technologies that improve energy efficiency and facilitate the diffusion of renewable energy.
To develop internationally acclaimed training programmes in energy.
To encourage and promote the improvement of energy efficiency… CIRCE boasts high-tech R+D systems to recognized and certified standards. These infrastructures make it possible to offer a good quality, efficient innovation service, in close contact with real businesses, as well as promoting the generation of new knowledge. View each of our labs to see the facilities and activities available.

Renewable Energy Integration Laboratory

R+D+i activities performed in the Renewable Energy Integration Lab take place in the field of connection to the electric grid of renewable generation systems, storage and micro-grids, as well as developing applications with which to improve grid quality and electric vehicle charging.

Its facilities make it possible to try out new electronic power configurations by associating different renewable energy sources and storage systems, and by connecting them to weak grids or direct current microgeneration systems, among other activities.

Its facilities are located in three different places: Micro-grid, located in the CIRCE building;…. -R+D+i privately financed contracted projects for the enhancement of the scientific and technical capabilities of CIRCE:
-R+D activities for processes, products and services to increase efficiency; Innovation for radical or substantial changes to production, processes, products and services.
Technological advice services: studies intended for the improvement of strategic planning in businesses and Administrative departments; design of experimental plants, technological demonstrations and pilot plants, measuring, social economic analysis, techno-economics or matters concerning legislation etc.
Standardized technical help and other laboratory services: testing, calibrating, analysis, detection.
-R+D+i projects in collaboration with public finance: R+D+i projects in collaboration with businesses and other organisations to obtain results that can be commercialized or that represent progress in the state of the art.
-Strategic alliances to improve collaboration with organisations by means of framework…. Yes. service.

Sectors
Chemicals - Construction & building sector - Consumer goods/products - Energy - Environment - Measurement - Machinery
Technology
Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 - Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) - Monitoring and control - High-performance production (flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defect) - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Power electronics - Equipment technology - Heterogeneous integration/embedded systems