Overview of the project

The MACLAB-PV project aims to optimize the scientific, technological, demonstrative and innovative infrastructures and capacities existing in the participating regions (Canary Island and Senegal), pursuing excellence in research and innovation in the sector of renewable energies and energy efficiency. This project will foster the creation of a more specialized scientific community that can respond effectively to the real needs of the sector within the cooperation area, improving their international competence and providing a greater implementation of renewable energies.

Within the framework of the project, the R&D&i capabilities of the partners and participating regions are being improved through specific actions that target the promotion and implementation of new lines of research aimed at the specific needs according to each socio economic sector. The implementation of these new R&D&i lines entail the investment of resources in the technological improvement of laboratories and scientific infrastructures dedicated to renewable technologies, as well as the implementation of actions that target the exchange and joint training of research and teaching.

Moreover, the project promotes the creation of new R&D&i field units on RES and RUE, in addition to the design and development of new teaching tools on renewable energies, energy saving and energy efficiency.

Furthermore, the project carries out actions that include technical and scientific advice, awareness raising, capacity building and technological transfer aimed at the research community, universities, public administrations and citizens.