La Palma Research Centre – Geoscience think-tank

La Palma Research Centre

La Palma Research Centre (LPRC) is an independent, internationally active think-tank headquartered on Isla de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.

Technology transfer and Market uptake
Facilitating technology transfer from research to actual commercialisation is a key area of LPRC’s business.
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Foresight and Policy analysis
La Palma Research Centre has developed a unique capacity of foresight supporting strategic decision-making in a wide range of technology areas.

Latest LPRC news

CIRAN 3rd Consortium Meeting (Bologna, Italy)

4th November 2024

LPRC joins a new Horizon Europe project: GENESIS

14th October 2024

Macaronight 2024 – another successful event!

11th October 2024

La Palma Research Centre organizes the MacaroNight 2024

23rd September 2024

FIREFLY Consortium Meeting, 9-11 September 2024, Leuven, Belgium

18th September 2024

𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚, 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐢ó𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐈+𝐃+𝐢 𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝟑 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐝𝐚, La Palma, 1 August

2nd August 2024

The Futures of Critical Raw Materials in Europe explored at the 2024 Futures Conference in Turku

15th July 2024

TIMREX Steering Commitee Meeting, 27-28 June 2024, Wroclaw, Poland

12th July 2024

CRM-geothermal 3rd General Assembly, 3-5 July 2024, Munich, Germany

10th July 2024

START Consortium Meeting, 6 & 7 June 2024, Oslo, Norway

13th June 2024

PERSEPHONE Meeting, 10 & 11 April 2024, Brussels, Belgium

15th April 2024

LPRC co-hosted the recent CRM-geothermal webinar

29th March 2024

INVESTIGO Research Fellows 2024

4th March 2024

CIRAN Consortium Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-25 January 2024

1st February 2024

FIREFLY Project Consortium Meeting, Tenerife, January 2024

29th January 2024

Best wishes to everyone from the La Palma Research Centre team

20th December 2023

LPRC Projects

AIRSHIP
Autonomous Flying Ships for Inter-Island and Inland Waters Transport
FIREFLY
FlexIble, predictive and Renewable Electricity powered electrochemical toolbox For a sustainable transition of the catalyst-based European chemicaL industrY
CRM-geothermal
Raw materials from geothermal fluids: occurrence, enrichment, extraction
START
Sustainable Energy Harvesting Systems Based on Innovative Mine Waste Recycling
ROBOMINERS
Resilient Bio-inspired Modular Robotic Miners
MacaroNight
MSCA for the Macaronesian public to develop careers in sciences
All projects...
Current and past projects

Where to meet us?

Supporting the Critical Raw Materials Act: Research Projects in the European Union
When: 10 December 2024
Where: Hotel Marivaux, Brussels, Belgium
Related projects: START, CIRAN, CRM-geothermal
More information: The aim of the event “Supporting the Critical Raw Materials Act: Research Projects in the European Union” is to create a space for exchange where project progress can be shared, common challenges identified, and collaboration and the creation of new partnerships fostered.
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From mining to recycling: The R&I journey of battery raw materials in EU
When: 12 December 2024
Where: Thon Hotel EU, Brussels, Belgium + online
Related projects: CRM-geothermal
More information:The Cluster Hub ‘Production of raw materials for batteries from European resources’ is organising the third edition of its annual workshop. With each edition, the hub plans to provide a comprehensive overview of the most promising technologies engaged in the production of raw materials for batteries, from raw materials mining to recycling.
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