The Network of Strategic Alliances developed by Euskadi has been formed with leading regions on the international scene with which to identify and promote projects of common interest. To this end, Wales and the Basque Country have maintained an important institutional, business and social relationship for years; a relationship that has been strengthened since 2018…
The Euskadi-Japan mission prioritised business-related topics in order to position the capabilities of the Basque industry in the Japanese market. Iñigo Urkullu Renteria, the president of the Basque Government, led the institutional and business delegation, which included about thirty industrial companies and technology hubs, most of which were in the energy industry. (Autor: Elda Campos…
The Basque Country produces the first renewable hydrogen thanks to a 2.5 MW electrolyser located at Petronor that supplies the Energy Intelligence Center, as well as the company’s new offices at the Ezkerraldea-Meatzaldea Technology Park in Abanto Zierbena. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) In addition, this renewable hydrogen will also be used in the first buses…
Award of contract for three wind farm areas with a potential total capacity of 200 megawatts (MW). Realisation on an area of 790 hectares (ha) in Baden-Württemberg (Southern Germany). Potential supply of approx. 112,000 households with renewable energy and savings of approx. 252,000 tonnes of CO2. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) Forst Baden-Württemberg (ForstBW) has awarded…
The Best Of Wine Tourism awards given annually by the World Network of Great Wine Capitals (GWC) have awarded in its 21st edition to the Haro Station District Association, Bodega Hotel FyA, Bodegas Izadi, Bodegas Valdelana, Grupo Criteria, Juan Carlos Ferrando and La Casa Cosme Palacio. The jury also recognised the Esférica Rioja Alavesa festival…
VASCO, founded in Bilbao in 1970, is a global family company dedicated to international transport, logistics, consultancy and innovation. Sustainable growth, which began as a shipping agent in the Port of Bilbao, has enabled it to achieve this international projection after more than 50 years of development. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) During this half century of…
Forest Trafic is a company based in the municipality of Amorebieta, Bizkaia, where all its workers are specialist manufacturers and distributors of plywood boards. Currently, the Basque company, with 27 years of experience, is a national leader in its three main lines of business: the manufacture of finished pieces, the design and manufacture of technical…
ITP Aero is leading two R&D projects on electric propulsion systems for urban and regional mobility, with a total budget of 13 million euros, which will be the first propulsion systems of these characteristics made in Spain.This milestone is another step forward in ITP Aero’s market diversification strategy. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) Despite the fact…
In 1934, Juan Celaya founded the company Cegasa, based in Oñate, which eventually became the first to manufacture batteries in Spain and one of the first in Europe. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) Located in the Álava Technology Park, it focuses on the creation and manufacture of customised energy storage systems for a variety of uses. Its…
The aim is to design and validate an electrically rechargeable zinc-air battery on a laboratory scale that will allow progress in cyclability and storage time, to combine with renewable energies and electrolysers for stationary storage (medium-long term). CIC energiGUNE, a leading Basque research center in electrochemical energy storage, thermal energy storage and conversion, and hydrogen…