El pasado 8 y 9 de julio tuvo lugar en Kitakyushu una jornada sobre energía eólica offshore organizada por CDTI y NEDO, en colaboración con el Cluster de Energía, en la que ocho entidades vascas tuvieron la oportunidad de presentar sus principales avances ante representantes del sector japonés.

The Basque Energy Cluster in collaboration with EVE and joined by the companies HWS and SAITEC OFFSHORE, took part in a mission to the Fukushima prefecture to promote mutual knowledge and strengthen ties for the development of business and technological collaborations between both regions.

The most important annual marine energy forum in France, Seanergy 2019, welcomed more than 200 exhibitors and 2,000 attendees from countries all over the world. BIMEP, DITREL and the Basque Energy Agency (EVE) participated as exhibitors together with the Basque Energy Cluster at a stand grouped under the brand name 'Wave Energy Basque Country'.

The first week of June, from the 3rd to the 7th, a delegation of Colombian companies and entities related to the energy sector visited the Basque Country to learn from the experience and knowledge of the Basque industry in energy efficiency and the integration of renewables into the energy matrix. The Basque Energy Cluster organised a conference on 3 June in which Colombian and Basque companies exchanged their experience and impressions regarding the sector, ending with a networking session to foster contact between them.

A delegation of ight Basque entities coordinated by the Basque Energy Cluster took part in a mission to EVS32, the most important event for electric mobility worldwide, which took place from 20 to 22 May in the French city of Lyon. The mission was organised within the framework of the Smart Mobility Industry Programme, promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.

The Basque Energy Cluster co-organised a working session on 21 May with Offshore Väst, a partner of the ELBE project, which included visits to key organisations from the renewable marine energy sector in Sweden and a B2B meeting with these companies and other attendees. The event took place in Gothenburg and had over 50 participants from European countries forming part of the ELBE project (Sweden, Scotland, Denmark and Belgium), in addition to the attendance of Basque and Norwegian entities which further enriched the session.

Representatives of ten Basque organisations have participated together with the Basque Energy Cluster in a mission to Germany to attend the “The Smarter E Europe” event which combines, among others, the EES and Intersolar trade fairs, a world reference in the photovoltaic and energy storage sectors. The mission was organised within the framework of the Smart Mobility Industry Programme, promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.

On Easter week, the Basque Energy Cluster took an exploratory trip to Santiago de Chile as a part of their Space2IDGO project. The goal of this project, between European clusters, is to identify business opportunities in Chile within the energy sector in aerospace industry companies (drone companies, companies using satellite tools for O&M for renewable energy plants, etc.). The Basque Energy Cluster held meetings with different agents of the energy sector to analyse the country’s situation and the business opportunities for companies of the sector in different technological applications to improve equipment and power plants in Chile.

The Basque Energy Cluster hosted an Energy Workshop, in collaboration with BT&I (Basque Trade & Investment), focusing on the internationalisation of innovative energy sector SMEs within the Intergune+ framework. The Basque Internationalisation Forum was held at the BEC on 6 and 7 May, and became a meeting point showcasing services, financing and aid resources available to Basque companies for their internationalisation processes, and promoting meetings with representatives of the Exterior Network of the Basque Internationalisation Agency.

The 2019 WindEurope week at the BEC has offered many opportunities to the attendees. In addition to attending the fair, some institutions had the chance to visit key facilities of the wind power sector in the Basque Country. The Basque Energy Cluster guided a group of institutions from African countries on a small tour around several stands in the Wind Energy Basque Country hall on 4 April. The next day, they visited companies from the port of Bilbao jointly with companies from other European regions.