El Cluster de Energía ha participado en el certamen 'World Maritime Week' que se ha celebrado en Bilbao durante el 12 y 14 de Febrero de 2019. La zona expositiva de WMW ha reunido a un centenar de agentes, empresas y entidades involucrados en el presente y el futuro de la llamada economía azul; y a su vez ha agrupado congresos de cuatro sectores. El congreso sobre energías marinas 'Marine Energy Week', co-patrocinado por Iberdrola y el Cluster de Energía, se ha centrado en el desarrollo de las energías offshore, a través de la alianza formada por el Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), Tecnalia y Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC).

The opening of the event, which was held on 24th January 2019 in the Auditorium on the Bizkaia Technology Park (Zamudio) from 9am to 1.45pm, was presided over by the Basque Government's Deputy Minister for Technology and Innovation, Estíbaliz Hernáez. In addition to presenting the results obtained by the Hazitek SecureGrid project in the three years since it was launched, it was attended by Asier Martínez, Head of CSIRT Services at the Basque CyberSecurity Centre (BCSC), and representatives of leading electricity grid operators, such as Red Eléctrica de España (REE), Iberdrola, EDP and Endesa.

During 27-28 November, the Basque Energy Cluster participated as an exhibitor at the Go Mobility Fair in Ficoba to highlight the projects and activities promoted by the Cluster in the electric mobility sector in the field of energy. It is the first edition of the Sustainable Mobility and Energy Storage Industry fair and it is promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, framed within the Electric Mobility Strategy that is being fostered by the same institution.

The Basque Energy Cluster organised a mission to Aberdeen on 29 and 30 October to meet the main agents of the wind energy sector in the Scottish North Sea. The mission consisted of a co-organised day together with the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and a conference on floating wind power organised by Renewable UK. It brought together more than 80 companies from northern Europe among which individual meetings and possible collaborations to combat the imminent challenges of the sector occurred.

The European Utility Week (EUW 2018), the most important European fair in the smart electric networks sector, also known as “Smart grids”, was held in Vienna from 6th to 9th November and attended by over 10,000 professionals and experts from all over the world.

The Basque Energy Agency and the Basque Energy Cluster organised the ‘Wave Energy Basque Country’ stand through the Gold Sponsor and the joint participation of Basque companies in the Ocean Energy Europe fair, during 30 and 31 October in Edinburgh. The Basque pavilion was made up of the companies and entities BIMEP, DITREL, IDOM-OCEANTEC, TECNALIA and ZUNIBAL.

(DEIA – Report by I. Ugarte) In order to address some of the energy challenges of the country and concrete the key points in the process towards a greater amount of renewables in the energy mix, DEIA invited the 'Renewable Energy Experts': Iñigo Ansola, General Director of the Basque Energy Agency, Julio Castro, Director of Global Services of Iberdrola Renovables, David Solé, Director of the Energy Division of Ingeteam Power Technology, Joseba Anasagasti, Director of Exploitation and Operations of Giroa- Veolia and José Ignacio Hormaeche, Director of the Basque Energy Cluster, who was in charge of moderating the meeting.

The Basque Energy Cluster participated in the OGC 2018 via a joint stand with the leading Basque companies and entities in the sector and a talk on "Open Innovation and Collaborative Initiatives in ‘Oil & Gas Basque Industry’” given by José Ignacio Hormaeche.

In an exploratory mission funded by the European Commission within the framework of the ELBE project, the Basque Energy Cluster met the main agents responsible for the strategy and deployment of the emerging marine energies in the United States and Canada.

25 Basque companies participated in the WindEurope Hamburg Expo 2018, the most important event of the year for the international wind power sector, from 25th to 28th September. 12 of them had their own stand on the joint stand organised by the Basque Energy Cluster under the Wind Energy Basque Country brand. This edition is the prelude to WindEurope Bilbao, which will be held from 2nd to 4th April 2019 at the BEC and which will turn the city into the wind power world capital next year.