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Pictured: Map of the distribution of projects analysed within the study ranging from lower (light blue) to higher (dark blue) distribution (Fig.1 in article, credit Springer Nature Limited).

“Cities are not using all the potential of nature-based solutions according to a new Basque study”.

Posted on February 27, 2023March 1, 2023 by Ane

The study conducted at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) along with the University of Almería, Sean Goodwin (BC3 and the University of Almería), Marta Olazabal (BC3 and Ikerbasque), Antonio J. Castro (University of Almería), and Unai Pascual (BC3 and Ikerbasque), has published in Nature Sustainability identifying critical pathways for making progress on the application of nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in cities. To do so, the study has used data from 216 projects implemented in 130 cities worldwide.

The basque enterprise Vostok Electric has launched a new electric motorbike towards a more sustainable model of mobility.

Posted on February 7, 2023February 8, 2023 by Ane

From Vostok, they have announced the Vostok E9, a model that can be transformed in two, similar to the previous one but showing they can be more sustainable in their management model.

A project called Minerva has been launched with the aim of developing materials destined to help deal with current social challenges and reduce the impact of industry on the environment.

Posted on February 1, 2023January 30, 2023 by Ane

The initiative, which was launched last July and is ongoing until December 2023, is based on state-of-the-art material transformation technologies, multiscale characterisation and digital tools such as simulation. Meeting current needs without compromising future generations has become a common objective. Industry worldwide is involved with sustainability and is experiencing constant changes in terms of advancement…

Iberdrola inaugurates the Tâmega Gigabattery in Portugal / Iberdrola inaugura la Gigabatería del Tâmega en Portugal

Posted on August 19, 2022August 1, 2022 by BP

Iberdrola reaffirms its commitment to Portugal, where it will increase investments over the next few years to 3 billion euros for wind farms and solar plants Iberdrola reafirma su compromiso con Portugal, donde aumentará las inversionaes en los próximos años alcanzando los 3.000 millones de euros para parques eólicos y plantas solares The Prime Minister…

Biden giving a speech in the offshore windfarm

Biden visits Iberdrola’s offshore wind farm in the US / Biden visita instalaciones de eólica marina de Iberdrola en EE.UU.

Posted on August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 by BP

The three parks promoted by Iberdrola represent an investment of 11 million euros and will create 11,000 jobs. Los tres parques que promueve Iberdrola suponen una inversión de 11 millones y crearán 11.000 empleos. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, today visited one of the facilities that form part of the plan of…

Echemar, a different kind of carrier / Echemar, una compañía transportista diferente

Posted on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 by BP

Echemar is one of the biggest transport enterprises in the Basque Country Echemar es una de las empresas de transporte más relevantes de Euskadi. To talk about Echemar is to talk about one of the largest transport companies in the Basque Country. It was even considered in its day (2015) by Michelin as the ‘Best…

Walter Pack, at the forefront of innovation and sustainable mobility in the automotive industry / Walter Pack, a la vanguardia de la innovación y la movilidad sostenible en el sector de la automoción

Posted on July 28, 2022July 21, 2022 by BP

Walter Pack, is the international reference company in the production of functional decorative parts for the automotive and household appliance sectors. Walter Pack es la empresa de referencia internacional en la producción de piezas decorativas funcionales para sectores como el del automóvil o los electrodomésticos. The climate and environmental crisis has brought about fundamental changes…

Iberdrola installs the substation for its first large offshore wind farm in France / Iberdrola instala la subestación de su primer gran parque eólico marino en Francia

Posted on July 14, 2022July 13, 2022 by BP

This infrastructure, weighing some 3,400 tons, will be the energy heart of the 500 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, Iberdrola’s first in France and the second in operation in the country. The substation will collect the electricity produced by the offshore wind turbines, enough to meet the needs of 835,000 households and avoid the emission…

Kusku the basque enterprise of sustainable mini-houses / Kusku la empresa vasca de minicasas sostenibles

Posted on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by BP

Employing only 2 people and subcontracting with a network of local craftsmen, Kusku has found an innovative and sustainable way to build houses. Qualities that have led it to recently be awarded the “Energy and Ecological Transition” prize. Empleando únicamente 2 personas y subcontratando con una red de artesanos locales, Kusku ha encontrado una forma…

Lehendakari Urkullu con Mathias Geisen CEO de Mercedes-Benz Vans

Institutional and Business Visit of the Basque Government to Mercedes in Stuttgart / Visita Institucional y Empresarial del Gobierno Vasco a Mercedes en Stuttgart

Posted on July 7, 2022 by BP

The Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu has traveled to Stuttgart to meet with the top managers of the automotive company and learn in situ about the business projects related to electric vehicles and sustainability. El Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu ha viajado a Stuttgart para reunirse con los máximos responsables de la empresa automovilística y conocer in situ los proyectos empresariales relacionados…