From November 2019, and for a period of 5 years, ATELIER will make possible the development and implementation of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) in 8 European cities led by Amsterdam and Bilbao, combining the knowledge and experience of 30 entities from 11 countries.

On 12 November they held a session to present the energy efficiency aid programme for SMEs and large corporations at the Zamudio Technology Park. This programme is managed by EVE. The workshop served to see the relevance of this sort of aid in industry and to help improve the presentation of requests for these sort of programmes.

The President of the Basque Energy Cluster Association (ACE), Luis Rodríguez Llopis, and the President of the FLUIDEX Association, Alex Eizmendi, signed a Collaboration Agreement between both organisations in order to create and develop a collaboration framework to carry out joint activities. The Agreement ultimately aims to increase the competitiveness and international positioning of the member companies of ACE and FLUIDEX.

On 9th October, the Basque Energy Cluster co-organised a conference on energy efficiency in the aerospace sector in conjunction with HEGAN, at the Carlo Gavazzi facilities. The conference included companies from the aerospace sector, which have large energy consumption plants, and suppliers of services to increase energy efficiency in this type of plants.

The joint project between the Basque Energy Cluster and Aclima, the Basque Environment Cluster was launched on 10th October and it seeks to identify new collaboration opportunities between companies of both sectors based on the Circular Economy.

On 19 September, the Basque Energy Cluster organised the first meeting of the Advisory Committee of the NEOSUB project, subsidised by the Hazitek programme of the Basque Government, which seeks to create a new concept of eco-designed substation, developing a reference framework for future substations.

The Basque Energy Cluster held its 2019 Annual General Meeting at Bizkaia Technology Park in order to take stock of a positive 2018 financial year for sector companies, with overall growth of around 2% compared to the previous financial year. The best results corresponded to companies in the renewable energy markets at international level, especially in wind and photovoltaic energy, which show significant prospects for growth in the years ahead.

José Ignacio Hormaeche, Director of the Basque Energy Cluster, presents the main contributions in the field of innovation in the energy sector being carried out by Euskadi, as well as the main value propositions of the Cluster for its members.

The 'Oil & Gas supply chain opportunities in Saudi Arabia’ conference, organised by Aramco and the Basque Energy Cluster, was held on Tuesday 11 June at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao. The event offered a comprehensive overview of business opportunities for companies working with Aramco, a world leader in energy and petrochemicals, particularly highlighting challenges that may be addressed by those undertaking investment projects in Saudi Arabia.

A delegation of representatives from the Fukushima Prefecture (Japan) visited the Basque Country, under the guidance of the Basque Trade & Investment Agency, part of the SPRI Group, in order to strengthen relations between the two regions in the field of renewable energies. The visit was also the framework for the signing of a collaboration agreement between the Fukushima Energy Agency and the Basque Energy Cluster, focusing on four energy areas: wind, solar photovoltaic, smart grids and hydrogen.