The future is renewable!

The Renewable Energy Research Institute (IIER) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has expanded its structure by incorporating the GEAR research group in Energy and Environmental Economics. This integration, formalized at the IIER headquarters, strengthens the institute’s capabilities in addressing challenges related to energy transition and sustainability.

GEAR is internationally recognized for its work in economic modeling applied to sustainability, including studies on photovoltaic parks, carbon footprint analysis in agri-food and tourism sectors, and advising on sustainable business plans. Their achievements include publications in high-impact journals, participation in European and national projects, collaboration with companies, and the creation of a university spin-off.

With this addition, IIER enhances its service offerings to industry and contributes to the training of UCLM graduates in advanced sustainable technologies. It also reinforces its commitment to society by disseminating progress in energy and environmental research.

The institute now integrates economic analysis with its existing work in renewable energy sources, biomass, thermal storage, green hydrogen, additive manufacturing for solid-state batteries, and environmental impact studies in the agroforestry sector.

News from the UCLM Press Office: https://www.uclm.es/noticias/noticias2025/julio/albacete/iier_gear?sc_lang=es#

IIER website: https://www.uclm.es/centros-investigacion/ier?sc_lang=en

The Global Energy and Environmental Economic Analysis Research Group (GEAR) from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has signed a new contract with UNEF to develop the 2017-2018 macroeconomic status report of the solar photovoltaic sector in Spain.

The report will present a detailed economic, social and environmental assessment of the current situation of the solar photovoltaics Spanish sector in an MRIO context.

The report is going to be presented ending May in the UNEF’s headquarter in Madrid.

GEAR acknowledges UNEF the confidence in the Academic Research, as helps to spread to the society and to the economy the scientific knowledge.

María Ángeles Cadarso, the GEAR’s Group co-director, has participated today in MATERIA, the scientifical section of the national newspaper EL PAÍS.

The interview is related to a recently Nature Climate Change published paper about the Global Tourism Industry impact on Climate Change.

María Ángeles has provided some Spanish carbon footprint evidence for the case of the Tourism Industry. Comments are based on some of the results shown in previously GEAR’s published papers in the Journal of Cleaner Production and in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

Big pleasure!

LINK TO THE ARTICLE IN MATERIA – EL PAÍS: https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/07/ciencia/1525685367_860097.html