CIRCE – Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos

CIRCE employs more than 280 professionals and actively serves more than 250 clients. It is a completely self-financed center, as all of the center’s funds come from competitive public programs and private contracts. CIRCE’s mission is to improve the competitiveness of companies by generating and transferring technology through market-oriented R&D and training activities in the field of sustainability and resource efficiency, energy networks and renewable energies. Its model focuses on Innovation based on three pillars:

• Cutting-edge research: applied research and in collaboration with other entities to transfer solutions from the laboratory to companies and society.
• Transfer of services: proximity to the industrial sector offering R&D and knowledge transfer services with high added value, adapted to the needs and characteristics of each company.
• Specialized training: specialization courses are offered in specific subjects, as well as technological updating programs for companies.

CIRCE’s activities and services

Its activities are focused on five main areas:

• Electrical networks of the future: RTDS testing, grid connection studies, substation engineering, magnetic fields, reliability and continuity of power supply, calibrations, quality tests…
• Renewable energies: diagnosis and improvement of wind power generation performance, wind resource measurement and energy assessment, power curve…
• Circular and sustainable economy: industrial and building sustainability analysis.
• Energy efficiency: energy audits, ISO50001 implementation, energy monitoring and management, certification of energy auditors with ENAC…
• Industry 4.0: energy monitoring of industrial plants, CFD simulation, image diagnosis in high consumption industry, SCADA…

 

Corporate website: https://www.fcirce.es/