El pasado 11 y 12 de julio, el Cluster de Energía organizo de manera conjunta con el gremio de Empresas Eléctrica de Chile una misión inversa con las principales eléctricas del país andino centrada en sistemas de monitorización, medición y control. Entre las mismas se encontraban Enel Chile, Chilquinta, SAESA y CCGE, que visitaron diversas instalaciones del sector eléctrico en el Parque Tecnológico de Zamudio y se organizó una jornada con empresas del sector de las redes eléctricas.

From 2nd to 4th July, two representatives from the Saudi Electricity Company and Dubai Electricity & Water Authority held several meetings and visited companies from the Basque energy sector, fundamentally focussed on two strategic areas for the Basque Energy Cluster: electricity grids and solar energy (photovoltaic and CSP).

During the event attended by over 1,200 international participants, the Oil&Gas Basque Industry brand was presented for the first time, grouping together the main companies in this value chain in the Basque Country.

The session organised by the Basque Energy Cluster working with the CDTI, NEDO and JWPA aimed to exchange offshore wind power experience and skills with Japan, referring to both fixed foundation versions and the emerging alternative of a floating platform. The sessions focussed on technology and pioneering projects throughout the world, such as the Wikinger project, by Iberdrola, or the Hywind Scotland project, the world’s first floating wind farm, by Norway’s Equinor, in which many Basque companies have taken part.

ICOE, the most important biennial conference in the marine energy sector, took place this year in Cherbourg at the same time as the sector's annual exhibition in France, Seanergy, from 12 to 14 June 2018. More than 1,200 people from all over the world took part in this international event. It gathered the main companies, institutions and cluster associations working in the marine energy sector.

During a mission coordinated by the ECCP, the Basque Energy Cluster talked about the strengths of the Basque wind power sector at an offshore wind power seminar organised as part of the European Innovation Week in Taiwan. It also met with several of the country's main entities involved in the development of marine energy, as part of the activities planned for the European ELBE project.

The Wind Energy Basque Country stand will showcase the capabilities of Basque companies at AWEA WINDPOWER, the leading wind power event in the US, which takes place this year from 7 to 10 May in Chicago. The aim is to support the positioning of Basque wind power companies as suppliers of high value-added systems, components and services to the burgeoning US market.

On Friday, 13 April, Chilean law firm Guerrero Olivos, specialised in electrical, wind and solar power, came to Bilbao to meet with five Basque energy companies. The visit was arranged by the Basque Energy Cluster.

The Basque Country presented itself as a country with an industrial and technologically intensive energy sector at the conference which took place on 11 April at the Institute of Engineering in London. The UK is the fourth destination for exports from the Basque Country, behind Germany, France and the United States.

El Cluster de Energía y Gran Industria del Sur de Tamaulipas (CEGISTAM) ha firmado junto con el Cluster de Energía del País Vasco un Memorando de Entendimiento con el objetivo de establecer una iniciativa formal de cooperación entre ambas partes con la finalidad de fortalecer colaboraciones entre la región de Tamaulipas (México) y el País Vasco.