Bingen Zupiria and Arantxa Tapia, ministers of the Basque government, have announced that during the month of October the Basque government, along with organizations and representatives of the Basque society, would visit Japan along with the Basque president (Lehendakari), Iñigo Urkullu. This mission is part of the annual activity program “Euskadi-Japón 2023”, wich aims to…
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Basque Country reinforces its position as a Technology Entrepreneurship Hub with more than 1.000 start-ups and €100 million investment in 2022
The Basque Government and SPRI, in collaboration with the network of BICs in the Basque Country, have drawn up the first report on the situation of the Basque Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. The report is based on the information collected in Up! Euskadi, the interactive platform built with Dealroom technology to raise the visibility of start-ups, investors…
Iberdrola starts construction of a photovoltaic plant in USA to supply power to Facebook
Iberdrola’s US subsidiary Avangrid has begun construction of the 240 MW True North photovoltaic plant in Falls County (Texas). It will supply clean, renewable energy to power the operations of Meta, the parent company of the social network Facebook, in the region. Since 2020, Meta’s global operations have been supported by 100% renewable energy. The True North project will…
U.S. President Joe Biden visits Ingeteam’s Milwaukee plant / El presidente de Estados Unidos visita la planta de Ingeteam en Wisconsin
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, toured and spoke at Ingeteam’s plant in the USA during his visit to the City of Milwaukee, where he was welcomed by Alex Belaustegui, Ingeteam’s Corporate Development Director, along with David Solé, Ingeteam’s Managing Director, and Mark Obradovich, Ingeteam’s Director in the USA. Since the opening of…
30 juin: Collaboration et opportunités d’affaires au départ du Tour de France / Euskalduna Bilbao. Oportunidades de colaboración y negocio en el inicio del Tour de Francia
Marino Lejarreta et Julián Gorospe, interviendront lors de l’événement organisé par BasqueTrade – Groupe SPRI – Gouvernement Basque et Business France, le Gouvernement d’Occitanie et le Crédit Lyonnais (LCL). Le sport, l’économie et l’entreprise se réuniront dans une atmosphère détendue pour célébrer un événement important qui placera le Pays basque sous les feux de la…
The Be Basque Talent Conference will take place in Dusseldorf and will link up the finest talent with Basque organisations
The Be Basque Talent Conference (BBTC) is back after the end of the pandemic. Over the course of a full day the conference will gather together in Dusseldorf highly qualified professionals who are currently developing their careers in the German city and its surroundings, together with Basque companies, human resources consultancy firms and technological centres….
‘Arrecife Energy Systems’ enterprise starts wave energy device tank trials
Basque Country-based marine energy start-up Arrecife Energy Systems has started testing the scale model of its wave energy device as part of the second phase of EuropeWave project. Inspired by the behavior of coral reefs absorbing the energy of the breaking waves, Arrecife Energy’s device captures power from the movement of the ocean waves using cross-flow…
Discovery: The most distant dwarf galaxy detected so far
An international team, including the Ikerbasque research professor of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and associate of Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Tom Broadhurst, used the high resolution of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) combined with a powerful gravitational lens to conclude that the galaxies that formed in the early universe were…
Methodology developed to find natural solutions to beach rock falls
Rockfall on the cliffs of the Basque coast is a very common phenomenon, as well as a real danger for people visiting the beaches located at their foot. A study by the Hydro-Environmental Processes group of the UPV/EHU has studied the barrier effect exerted by the dunes naturally present on the beach of Barinatxe, Bizkaia….
MEU Basque Country in Euskadi (Model of the European Union)
The UPV/EHU Debate Association, in collaboration with Eurobasque, organizes this year the third edition of the MEU Basque Country. A MEU (Model of the European Union) is a simulation of the institutions of the European Union. Participants will put themselves in the shoes of high European leaders to simulate the dynamics of the European Union….