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…
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…
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…
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….
The conference “Is feminist Artificial Intelligence possible?” was held in live podcast format. The Regional Minister for Equality announced that the International Conference “Equality, Science and Technology. For a change of paradigm” organised by Emakunde. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía) Last June, the conference “Is a feminist Artificial Intelligence possible?” was held in a live podcast format,…
The initiative will explore whether there are conditions for life on the planet Jupiter and its satellites. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía) Ricardo Hueso and Agustín Sánchez Lavega, researchers of the UPV/EHU’s Planetary Sciences Group, are participating in the JUICE mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). This mission aims to explore the icy moons of Jupiter,…