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.
Social Media-based marketing
We can help you boost your coverage and reach your target group efficiently by gathering and analyzing data from your social networks.
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

NEURO-REBUILD Kick-off Meeting (Madrid, Spain, October 2026)

3rd November 2026

La Palma Research Centre takes part in the 3rd GENESIS General Assembly and organises a Clustering Workshop on water nature-based solutions in Faial (October 2026, Azores)

27th October 2026

LPRC joins the FIREFLY Consortium Meeting (October 2026, Ciudad Real, Spain)

13th October 2026

Thermagy

START Project Final Review Meeting (Alkmaar, The Netherlands, September 2026)

4th September 2026

Greet GEO Canarian Networking Event and Study Visit

14th July 2026

LPRC joins the European Urban Resilience Forum (June 2026, Portugal)

26th June 2026

START

LPRC joins the START project final events (May 2026, Brussels, Belgium)

2nd June 2026

AGEO Celebrates Regiostars Recognition in Brussels

29th May 2026

LPRC presents the GENESIS project at the Miniferias (May 2026, La Palma)

27th May 2026

START Final Consortium Meeting (La Palma, April 2026)

21st April 2026

FIREFLY Consortium meeting & Roadmapping Workshop (Brussels, February 2026)

16th February 2026

LPRC joins the launch of the IMPACT4MAR Project (Athlone, Ireland)

2nd February 2026

Season’s Greetings from LPRC

22nd December 2025

GENESIS Consortium and Citizen Forum on La Palma (November 2025)

9th December 2025

AIRSHIP Consortium Meeting (Porto, November 2025)

3rd December 2025

Anuncio de licitación para la contratación de controlador de primer nivel de un proyecto INTERREG / Call for tenders for the recruitment of a first-level controller for an INTERREG project

17th November 2025

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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
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Current and past projects

Where to meet us?

AIRSHIP field trials
When: 11-13 November 2026
Where:La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain
Related projects: AIRSHIP
More information: The EU-funded AIRSHIP project has just entered its final stage and is set to embark on field trials from the 11th to the 13th of November 2026 in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain. The trials will allow the AIRSHIP 1, an autonomous and fully electrical wing-in-ground vehicle, to operate in real conditions, marking a significant milestone in the project’s mission to redefine the way we transport cargo.
Raw Materials Week 2027
When: 26-28 January 2027
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Related projects: Several projects
More information: The Raw Materials Week is an annual event organised by the European Commission that brings together stakeholders from European institutions, industry, governments, academia, and civil society to discuss the latest developments in raw materials policy and innovation in the EU.