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…
Tag: sustainability
TECNALIA and TranXforma FOOD Collaborate to Drive Sustainable Transformation in the Agri-Food Sector
The partnership aims to enhance the agri-food industry ecosystem by providing training and fostering connections among various stakeholders in the value chain, with a particular focus on empowering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía) TECNALIA and TranXforma FOOD have partnered to boost the agri-food industry ecosystem, focusing on sustainable transformation and SMEs. They…
‘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…
“Cities are not using all the potential of nature-based solutions according to a new Basque study”.
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.
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.
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
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 visits Iberdrola’s offshore wind farm in the US / Biden visita instalaciones de eólica marina de Iberdrola en EE.UU.
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
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
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…










