The launch meeting of the European Project DURABLE was held on April 12 in Bidart (France), with the objective of promoting the development of renewable energies in the Atlantic Area (France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom). The Project has a budget of €3.9M and it is co-financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area Program through the European Regional Development Fund.

The activity consisted of a total of 7 public meetings held at the EVE stand (central part of the Basque hall, 1-D30) in which several Basque companies participated with wind power experts. The purpose was promoting knowledge on onshore and offshore wind power, both within and beyond the Basque Country.

On 6 June, Enerclub, the Spanish Energy Club, presented the book “Energía y Ciudades (“Energy and Cities”) in Bilbao. The event, sponsored by Iberdrola, took place in the Torre Iberdrola's auditorium and was attended by representatives of Iberdrola, the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), Bilbao City Council and the Basque Energy Cluster, as well as 50 other people.

Representatives of the Bizkaia Provincial Council (DFB) presented Biscay Startup Bay, the International Entrepreneurship Centre, to Basque Energy Cluster companies. At the event, Iberdrola, one of the partners in the initiative, presented its entrepreneurship and innovation strategy, and Arrecife Systems shared its enriching experience at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Boston.

BIDELEK 4.0, the new Smart Grids strategic initiative, was presented in a ceremony held on 9 February at Torre Iberdrola in Bilbao, chaired by the Minister for Economic Development and Infrastructures of the Basque Government, Arantxa Tapia.

On 22nd February, the Basque Government Delegation in Brussels hosted the kick-off meeting of the ELBE project which seeks an alliance between leading marine energy clusters across Europe, with the aim of defining a joint internationalisation strategy

The latest issue of Wave&Tidal Energy Network magazine for Winter 2018, in partnership with the Basque Energy Cluster, included a special report on the Basque wave energy sector, focusing on the companies and organisations that make up the Wave Energy Basque Country brand.

Representatives of 40 organisations took part in a workshop organised by the Basque Energy Cluster, in collaboration with Tecnalia, on 17 January at Bizkaia Technology Park (Zamudio), to present evolution predictions for the photovoltaic sector, to learn about the capabilities and opportunities for Basque companies in this market, and to analyse together the potential of collaborating to face challenges and opportunities presented.

The Basque Energy Cluster, coordinator of the group leading the Energy area of RIS3 Euskadi, highlights the launch of several projects – Windbox, HarshLAB and Bidelek II – in Empresa XXI's interview with José Ignacio Hormaeche.

On the first day, on 19th September, the Basque Energy Cluster presented its project “Platform for the Sustainable Management of Supply Chains”, undertaken in co-operation with Siemens Gamesa and Orona, in the parallel session “Environmental traction in the supply chain”. On the second day the Cluster presented a current overview of the energy sector in the Basque Autonomous Community (CAPV) and moderated the session “Success Ecodesign Stories in electric and electronic machinery and equipment”, with the participation of partners such as Iberdrola, Ingeteam, Cegasa and Rebattery.