Dr. Francesco Dolci from JRC Institute for Energy and Transport

8th May 2012 - Can carbon monoliths be suitable electrodes in supercapacitor cells?

Dr. Francisco del Monte. Group of Bioinspired Materials. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid-ICMM. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-CSIC

During the month of March, CIC received a team from Teknopolis TV program from the Basque TV who interviewed some members of CIC staff concerning the energy storage.

The result can be found at:

http://teknopolis.elhuyar.org/ikusi.asp?Multi_Kodea=843&atala=erreportajeak&lang=ES&text=on

CIC Energigune thanks to Sener - Torresol Energia and Iberdrola for their collaboration by lending some of ther images to make this article possible.

The aids programmes of the Foundation are aimed at increasing the scientific and technological training of those who have recently graduated from university, to help those talented investigators enter the working market.

 The purpose of this call for applications is to award Aid Programmes permitting the beneficiaries (hereafter research staff in training) to produce their doctoral theses by spending time at member organizations of the Basque Science, Technology & Innovation Network (BSTIN) which act as the beneficiaries’ assigned centres (hereafter Member Centres).

 The information about 2012 Aids Programmes will be avalaible on the Foundation web (http://www.fundacioncentrostecnologicos.org/index.php?seccion=4on april.)

Attached you can find the information of the basis for this year´s call in Spanish, very soon it will be available in English

CIC Energigune gives the most sincere thanks to the invited speakers and to the participants who had the presentations and posters, all the contributions were very valuable. We also express the gratitude to all the participants without which our effort would not have any sense. At the end we appreciate the contribution of our sponsors who made this event possible: Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government, EVE, Ormazabal, Bruker, Linseis, AEG Power Solutions, Specs, Elur and FEI, and the cooperation of the City of Vitoria.

On Monday, as part of this Congress, the research center CIC EnergiGUNE has opened its doors to the participants. During the tour through its laboratories the visitors could appreciate the conditions of the research work done in the center.

The event is sponsored by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism of the Basque Government, EVE, Ormazabal, Bruker, Linseis, AEG Power Solutions, Specs, Elur and FEI, and the cooperation of the City of Vitoria.

"Una de las carencias que arrastra el sector energético desde hace décadas es la falta de sistemas que garanticen un almacenamiento eficaz de la energía eléctrica. Hasta ahora, las centrales reversibles han cumplido con este cometido pero estas instalaciones eléctricas no logran gestionar de una manera eficiente y bajo un precio viable la producción energética asociada a las fuentes renovables."

To read the complete interview please visit:

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/paisvasco.html

The visit took place around the building paying special attention to the geothermal installations.