News & Events
Welcome to the POWER Project’s News & Events page, your go-to source for the latest updates, milestones, and activities. Here, you’ll find insights into our progress, upcoming events, and key highlights as we work together to combat disinformation and promote clean energy resilience. Stay tuned to stay informed!
Publications
| Title | Authors | Publication | Year | Citation | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communicative power in energy transitions: Media discourse on biorefineries in Spain | Manuel Gertrudix; Alejandro Carbonell-Alcocer; Nerea Benítez-Aranda; Carlos Álvarez Barroso; Cristina M. Arribas; Rubén Arcos; Valeri Codesido-Linares | Open Research Europe | 20-Nov-25 | Gertrudix, M., Carbonell-Alcocer, A., Benítez-Aranda, N., Álvarez Barroso, C., Arribas, C. M., Arcos, R., & Codesido-Linares, V. (2025). Communicative power in energy transitions: Media discourse on biorefineries in Spain. Open Research Europe, 5, 356. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21523.1 | View |
News
From fact-checking to storytelling: POWER’s Clean Energy Café brings collaborative learning to Bucharest
The five-day programme connected clean energy literacy, immersive experiences and creative communication through a shared challenge: developing evidence-based responses to disinformation.
Malta Clean Energy Café successfully concludes a week of training to tackle energy disinformation
The University of Malta hosted five days of learning and international collaboration within the European POWER project, from 26 to 30 October 2026.
POWER brings clean energy disinformation research into the classroom through an interactive workshop at URJC
POWER brought clean energy disinformation research to university students at URJC through an interactive workshop combining social media analysis, fact-checking and AI-assisted digital storytelling.
POWER project presented at the University of Groningen’s STeP Talks series
The second Spanish edition of the Clean Energy Café with Science Communicators brought together researchers, science communicators, journalists, institutional representatives and experts in renewable energy acceptance to discuss one of the key challenges of the energy transition: how to communicate it effectively in a context increasingly shaped by uncertainty, polarisation and disinformation.
Clean Energy Café Spain 2026 explores how to communicate the energy transition and strengthen public acceptance of renewables
The second Spanish edition of the Clean Energy Café with Science Communicators brought together researchers, science communicators, journalists, institutional representatives and experts in renewable energy acceptance to discuss one of the key challenges of the energy transition: how to communicate it effectively in a context increasingly shaped by uncertainty, polarisation and disinformation.
POWER project presents CONECTA initiative to strengthen critical thinking through OER
The POWER project was featured at the V Culture and Open Knowledge Conference (OfiLibre) at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, where María del Carmen Gertrudis presented CONECTA, an associated initiative focused on the development of open educational resources (OER). As...
POWER project presented at DISTUM Erasmus Week to address disinformation on clean energy
On 26 March 2026, the POWER project was presented at the DISTUM Erasmus Week 2026 at the University of Urbino by Prof. Manuel Gertrudix, highlighting its role in tackling disinformation related to the clean energy transition. The presentation, titled...
XR Workshop on Clean Energy Communication at URJC Summer Courses 2026
The Ciberimaginario Research Group at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) is organising the workshop “XR Workshop: Communicating the Energy Transition through Virtual Worlds”, to be held on 30 June and 1 July 2026 at the URJC Aranjuez Campus, as part of the XXVII...
Engaging Young Audiences in the Energy Transition: POWER at Madrid es Ciencia 2026
The POWER project took part in Madrid es Ciencia 2026, held at La Nave, as part of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) stand, with a clear objective: to bring the challenges of the energy transition and the risks of disinformation closer to pre-university...
POWER launches the “Clean Energy Cafés with science communicators” series to tackle communication and disinformation challenges
The European project POWER has launched the “Clean Energy Cafés with science communicators” series aimed at creating spaces for exchange between professionals and experts to address one of the key challenges of the energy transition: effective communication in a...
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