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RethinkAction kicks off its activities towards supporting climate adaptation and mitigation
The RethinkAction project, coordinated by CARTIF, has officially started the 1st of October 2021 as part of the Green Deal Research and Innovation Programme, contributing to making EU the first climate-neutral continent.
Leading city networks and research organisations team up to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions by 2030
Leading city networks and research organisations join NetZeroCities project to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions by 2030.
NUTRIMAN Project celebrates its final day to present the results obtained in its studies on biofertilizers
After three years of efforts, NUTRIMAN project organizes an online final conference on September 16. During this day, the consortium partners who have worked on this initiative about the production of innovative biological fertilizers, will present the latest results...
Green light to the District Heating of the SmartEnCity Project in Vitoria (Spain)
The District Heating boiler and hot water service installed in Coronación neighbourhood in Vitoria has already been put into operation, within the framework of the European SmartEnCity project. While the final phase of deployment of this heat network progresses, the...
NUTRIMAN Project develops an informative platform about biofertilizers at the service of Agriculture
NUTRIMAN project is based on innovative biological fertilizers from the recovery of Nitrogen and Phosphorus. Thanks to this objective, the project has developed a free online platform about nutrient recycling technologies for both chemical elements, which has 81...
CARTIF takes part in the event ‘From positive energy district to climate neutral cities’ and signs a new version of Lighthouse Projects Collaboration Manifesto
The director of Smart Cities Area in CARTIF and mySMARTLife Project Coordinator, Rubén García Pajares, takes part today in the cycle of conference under the title ‘From positive energy districts to climate-neutral cities’, organized by SCALE and the Community of...
Converting CO2 emissions from bio-based industries into sustainable chemicals to mitigate climate change, the objective of the CO2SMOS project
The chemical industry is one of the most energy and CO2 intensive sectors globally. To reach climatetargets, this sector needs to accelerate the transition towards non-fossil, sustainable and more circularand efficient resources. Bio-based industries (BBIs) go in that...
LIFE GySTRA project, about sustainable mobility, organizes its latest workshop to show its achievements
LIFE GySTRA project, coordinated by CARTIF, comes to an end and celebrates a final online event as a clause to its three years of work. The conference will take place on June 28 and will review all the progress achieved. With the aim of reducing emissions from road...
URBAN GreenUP takes part in the Good Practices Handbook that evaluates the impact of Nature Based Solutions of 17 European projects
The rise of urban areas in several corners of our planet is a growing problem that affects both the environment and the citizens. This new way of life, with a much lower density of nature and green spaces and quite far from rural areas, which have more vegetation and...
CATCO2NVERS, a project that seeks to reduce greenhouse gases in the Bio-based industries
CATCO2NVERS kicks off, a new project funded within the framework of the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme that seeks to create value-added chemical products from bio industrial CO2 emissions that integrate catalytic technologies. The main...
I-NERGY project launches its community of artificial intelligent in the energy future
I-NERGY project, funded by the European programme Horizon 2020, lunches I-NERGY Community: a new collaborative area ready to connect partners, companies and workers of the energy sector who want know more and share experience about AI implemented in this sector and...
LocalRES project will put renewable energy into the hands of communities and people
LocalRES is beginning with its kick-off meeting on-line on the 5th and 6th of May. This EU-funded project, chaired by CARTIF, will be running for the next four years and aims at deploying innovative local energy systems, driven by renewable energy communities...
Alcobendas starts its pilot plan to evaluate the pollution emissions of the vehicles in LIFE GYsTRA project framework
LIFE GYsTRA project, led by CARTIF, starts its pilot plan, in collaboration with the Mobility Council of municipality of Alcobendas (Madrid) and MásMóvil, in this town to evaluate the traffic emissions central district and the outputs 16 and 17 of A-1, and communicate...
The application of Nature Based Solutions from LIFE myBUILDINGisGREEN project has just started in Badajoz
Pre-scholar and primary school (CEIP) Gabriel de Solana de los Barros, located in Badajoz (Spain), has just started with the implementation of Nature Based Solutions in its facilities, which lets them to reduce the negative effects of the climate changes. These works...
Europe takes a leap into the future of remote-sensing technologies with NEMO project
The NEMO Consortium is organising an online press-meeting next March 26 to share key development news on a uniquely European solution for monitoring air pollution and noise emission from vehicles in real-time. The aim of the initiative is to protect our most...
The URBAN GreenUP project, led by CARTIF, holds its eight periodic meeting after four years of efforts
Valladolid, a demosite city of this Nature Based Solutions project together with Liverpool (United Kingdom) and Izmir (Turkey), is the protagonist in the eight meeting of the initiative in which all project partners are gathered this week after four years of...
CARTIF and DAM organize a workshop on innovative technologies for obtaining biofertilizers
CARTIF organizes, in collaboration with DAM (Mediterranean Water Treatment) the workshop ‘Innovative technologies for obtaining biofertilizers: an opportunity for the sector’, which will be held online through Teams platform on March 12. This workshop arises within...
TExTOUR Project will design policies based on Cultural Tourism to help European economy
TExTOUR project celebrated its launch this week with an online meeting in which the consortium, made up of 18 European partners, have taken part. This project, based on cultural tourism strategies to support the socio-economic policies of the participating countries,...
FUSILLI, the new project led by CARTIF, will achieve a more resilient food system
The new CARTIF project of food sector, FUSILLI, has begun today in its Kick off meeting with its 34 European partners. The main goal of this project will be to support participating European cities, and their main peri-urban areas, in the exchange of knowledge and...
From blackwater and biowaste to clean energy
The Spanish Technological Centre CARTIF has completed a study on gas-liquid membrane technology for biogas upgrading. The goal is to produce clean biogas by using the absorption solution to increase CH4 content and stored in inflatable and impermeable fabrics. The...
First workshop of the TALENT project, which seeks to facilitate and cheapen the managing of the electronic system
The TALENT project is preparing a workshop for next December 17 on the main objectives and achievements of the project so far, emphasizing the benefits that the solutions proposed for greater flexibility can bring to the grid and to the acceleration of the energy...
LIFE REFIBRE Project presents its final results in its 5th online workshop
The consortium of LIFE REFIBRE Project, represented by CARTIF, ICCL, Grupo INCOSA, BLASGÓN and SAN GREGORIO, will offer next Thursday, December 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. a workshop with streaming broadcasting in which it will present the final results of this...
The IOTEC Project offers an online ‘matchmaking’ oriented to the agro-industrial sector
On October 21, a 'matchmaking' event took place within the framework of the project "IOTEC - Development of technological capacities around the industrial application of the Internet of Things (IoT)", applied in the agro-industrial context and which had the...
CARTIF participates in AI REGIO Project, an alliance for the digitization of SMEs through Artificial Intelligence
CARTIF and 35 other partners from 8 European countries have kick-started the EU-funded AI REGIO project with an online meeting with more than sixty participants in October 9. This initiative, which will have an initial duration of 3 years, has the mission of helping...
The European Project LowUP closes the curtain with its final conference
After 4 years of intense research, development and innovation efforts, the LowUP project holds its final conference. The event will be on Friday, October 30 and will take place online due to the current pandemic situation. This international initiative, with the...
CARTIF is part of HySGrid+, the first network for the deployment of local energy communities
CARTIF, the Technological Institute of Energy (ITE) and the technology centres Ikerlan, Aicia and ITG make up the HySGrid+ network, a Spanish technological alliance that will aim to develop solutions for local energy communities with a positive net balance. The...
CARTIF participates in TIGON Project, which will use hybrid microgrids to boost the energy transition
CARTIF Technology Centre takes part in a new international initiative, the innovative project TIGON, which is set to demonstrate how direct current microgrids (DC) can help make the European Union's electricity grids greener, more efficient and more resilient as the...
Join the RURITAGE Photo Contest!
Do you want to show the world what makes rural areas special? Then take part in the RURITAGE Photo Contest! It is a unique opportunity for local communities within the territories of RURITAGE to highlight the potential of their natural and cultural heritage. The Photo...
CARTIF participates in the LIFE REFIBRE 4th Workshop: uses of recycled fiberglass
The conference, presented by the consortium in charge of the project, of which the CARTIF Technology Center is a part, will take place on September 11, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the AEICE Headquarters. The workshop will focus on the different uses of recycled fiberglass...
The CARTIF Biomass Laboratory expands its capacity to offer a better service to its customers
CARTIF's Solid Biofuels Analysis and Testing Laboratory has recently renewed and expanded its operational capacity with the acquisition of new analytical equipment, which will allow it to provide its customers a faster and more efficient service in the testing of...
CARTIF participates in the BioSFerA project, which will produce sustainable fuel for aircraft and ships
CARTIF Technology Centre will take part of BioSFerA project, an international initiative which will seek to produce biofuels for air and maritime use at the lowest cost. BioSFerA is funded by the Horizon 2020 research program of the European Union. The ultimate goal...
Conclusion of the REMOURBAN project, a boost to the sustainable transformation of cities in Europe
REMOURBAN, one of the most emblematic projects in which CARTIF has participated, closes after revolutionizing the energy efficiency sector. Last Thursday, July 16, the Final Conference of this international initiative took place online and presented the results of 5...