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Renewable Energy Sources (RES)

Contributions in this theme (849)

MeetMED Project: Cooling challenges in Mediterranean cities

The meetMED project (Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean region) is an EU-funded initiative aimed at bolstering energy security across countries like Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia.

Publication

15/04/2025

Energy renovation of homes

The EU's energy future is all about making homes more energy-efficient, but the big question is whether we're moving quickly enough.

News

15/04/2025

REVEAL: Unlocking aluminium’s potential for clean energy storage

This new REVEAL project's study demonstrates that Al6060 cut wire granules offer a safe, efficient, and scalable aluminium fuel solution for renewable energy storage, enabled by a unique pore-forming oxidation mechanism.

Technical Article

14/04/2025

AIVC & venticool webinar: 'Improving thermal resilience of buildings to overheating: Lessons learned'

This webinar will present the findings of the Flemish project ReCOver++, conducted by KU Leuven, Ghent University, Renson, Archipelago, and Arcadis Belgium. We will introduce a novel indicator for assessing the resilience of buildings and discuss an adapted workflow for designing buildings and sizing systems to ensure their resilience to overheating.

Event

A woman, a man and a baby with a solar panel installation.

EU renewable energy for heating and cooling reaches 26%

The EU has seen a steady increase in the use of renewable energy for heating and cooling over time. This growth is largely driven by the contributions from biomass and heat pumps.

News

10/04/2025

PEDvolution’s promising beginning: Completion of the analysis phase and first key outputs

PEDvolution, an innovative Horizon Europe project focused at advancing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs), has successfully completed its first year of implementation with notable progress and key deliverables.

News

09/04/2025

European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2025

The 19th edition of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), Europe’s largest gathering dedicated to renewables and energy efficiency, is set to take place from 10–12 June 2025 in a hybrid format.

Event

PEDvolution project

The project is co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, and from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).

Link

08/04/2025

How to align competitiveness and sustainability in Europe's energy transition?

Filipe Araújo, Vice-Mayor of Porto, highlights Porto's efforts in using renewable energy to address energy poverty, engage communities, and drive sustainable growth.

News

07/04/2025

AIVC March 2025 Newsletter

The March 2025 issue of the Air infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) newsletter is out.

News

28/03/2025

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