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…
“Let’s meet in Innovation Land”: The Basque Government and its Development Agency are organising Basque Open Industry at the Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC) and will also host the European SME Week (SME Week 2023), as well as the SME Assembly, the annual meeting of the Europe Enterprise Network (EEN). The whole event has been planned…
In view of the major transition that the automotive sector is undergoing in Europe and the need for new approaches for its future, Arantxa Tapia, minister for economic development in the Basque Government, highlights the need to focus the industrial ecosystem on the user/customer. Alongside this, the priority of attending to people’s mobility needs, taking into…
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’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…
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…
The HIPERION initiative aims to enhance and foster research in the field of space technology and science. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía) Space technology and science drive economic and technological development. The HIPERION project by GAIKER Technology Centre promotes research in space technology to enhance the positioning of companies in the Basque Autonomous Community. It focuses on…
CIC energiGUNE, a leading energy storage center in the Basque region, is participating as a research partner in the 3DSTORE project. The project, led by IREC, focuses on leveraging 3D printing technology to enable the manufacturing of solid-state batteries for IoT connected devices. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía) CIC energiGUNE, a leading Basque research center in energy…
TECNALIA, a leading research and technological development center, achieved a turnover of 128 million euros in 2022, marking a 6.7% increase from the previous year. With a focus on transferring R&D&I to companies, TECNALIA has collaborated with over 9,500 companies, including 73% SMEs, generating a GDP impact of 678 million euros in the Basque Country….
TECNALIA and Umiles Next showcased Intellydrive technology at the Mobility Solutions Show in Toulouse. This technology combines intelligence, local automated driving, remote vehicle management, and platooning for automated vehicle tracking, offering cost and safety advantages. This collaboration further advances their efforts in shaping future mobility, building upon their previous work on the Concept Integrity air…