Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage – CIIAE

The Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE) aims to be a centre of excellence in research, development and application of energy storage and hydrogen technologies to facilitate the integration of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Research will cover laboratory and modelling work at various scales and Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), as well as including innovative pilot plants. CIIAE provides a stimulating research environment to work on some of today’s most pressing energy, environmental and societal challenges. CIIAE workers will benefit from large network including research centres and companies in the Iberian peninsula and abroad.

The CIIAE aims to work in the entire energy storage cycle, from the physical chemistry of the materials to their scaling and application, combining the basic research supported by the public sector and the technological development driven by public-private collaboration and business.

General

Registered office: Centro Ibérico de Investigación en Almacenamiento Energético - CIIAE
Entity type: Research and/or Technological Centre
Size: 50-249
Topics of interes:
EnergyNanotechnologyModelling/simulation and Artificial IntelligenceCircular economy of materials

Contact Data

Registered office: Centro Ibérico de Investigación en Almacenamiento Energético - CIIAE
City: Cáceres
State: Cáceres
Country: Spain
Contact: Breogán Pato Doldán (breogan.pato@ciiae.org)

Technological Aspects

Types of materials on which the activity is based:
PolymersMetals and alloysIntermetallicsCeramicsPorous materialsNanomaterialsCatalystsPhase change materials
Types of activities developed:
Development of materials and/or manufacturing processesPrototypingFunctional characterisationStructural characterisationCompatibility characterisationSimulation of materialsSimulation of processes

Specific Technological Aspects

Energy storage based on different technologies (Li, Na, flow batteries, supercapacitors, metal-air, etc.) along with the development of the most innovative concepts in Circular Economy (recycling, reutilization, eco-design...). Generation of hydrogen, catalysis for production of synthetic fuels, CO2 capture, industrial applications of hydrogen. Thermal energy storage: phase change materials, porous materials, hydrates and molten salts. Atomic simulation. Technical-economic, life cycle analysis, circular economy, analysis and regulation of energy systems.