El taller regional "uso de drones y robots para operaciones y mantenimiento eólico y solar" muestra a las empresas industriales de Bristol nuevas tecnologías de operación y mantenimiento para aumentar la eficiencia y el tiempo de actividad de parques eólicos y solares, y ofrece una oportunidad única para generar contactos y alianzas con los socios tecnológicos clave de DURABLE, entre ellos las empresas vascas ALERION y LORTEK

En el encuentro, ACE y DELOITTE revisaron el estado del PERTE de energías renovables, hidrógeno renovable y almacenamiento, con especial foco en las recientemente publicadas convocatorias relativas al hidrógeno. Además, PETRONOR dio a conocer los últimos avances del estado del corredor vasco del hidrógeno, mientras FEV CONSULTING dio una visión general del hidrógeno en el ámbito del transporte pesado, y MURUETA y SEGULA mostraron los últimos avances de iniciativas estratégicas concretas para los sectores naval y ferroviario.

This new meeting saw the DAEKIN project results presentation by the technological partners of the project, and a round of talks given by the Working Group (WG) companies who shared information about their current situation regarding digitalisation, as well as future projects and initiatives.

The Basque Energy Cluster’s Wind Power Sector Forum, coordinated by Siemens Gamesa, has been held on 17th December, with the presence of more than 85 people and 50 companies from the wind power sector. The conference has been held in a face-to-face format in the Auditorium at the Port of Bilbao, a key player for the development of the sector in the Basque Country. The highlight has been the visit to the construction of the prototype of the DemoSATH floating platform by Saitec Offshore Technologies.

En el encuentro, Yasuhiro Hattori, director general de Energy Agency Fukushima (EAF) presentó la experiencia del valle del hidrógeno de Fukushima. Además PETRONOR, SENER, TUBACEX, NOVARGI, TECNALIA, CNH e IKERLAN dieron a conocer los últimos avances de iniciativas estratégicas para Euskadi tanto en el ámbito empresarial como tecnológico.

El 16 de noviembre, la Asociación Cluster de Energía (ACE) celebró el primer encuentro del Foro Tecnológico de Almacenamiento, estructurado en dos bloques: desarrollos tecnológicos en almacenamiento estacionario para el sector energético y aplicaciones de estas tecnologías por parte de empresas vascas. Las 33 personas que acudieron presencialmente a la jornada, celebrada en la sede de CIC energiGUNE, pudieron informarse de los nuevos avances desarrollados en el sector del almacenamiento y participar activamente en la resolución de las cuestiones que plantea esta tecnología.

On 12 November, a new Oil&Gas Sector Forum was held at the BEC, coordinated by TUBACEX. Within the framework of the energy transition, the meeting addressed the main challenges and opportunities facing the stakeholders in the Oil&Gas value chain. Among the key technologies for achieving the required levels of decarbonisation, CO2 capture, storage and utilisation (CAUC) technologies had a prominent presence at the Forum. In addition, FLUIDEX presented its international business plan for 2022.

During the workshop, the main outcome of the project was presented: the digital platform to process data from the hydraulic pitch system of a wind turbine, which enables failures in this system to be reduced at offshore wind farms.

The Basque Energy Cluster Association (ACE) took part in STEEL TECH 2021, held on 19, 20 and 21 October at Bilbao Exhibition Centre. In its first edition, STEEL TECH has positioned itself as the international benchmark meeting point in southern Europe for the steel sector.

Francisco Javier Diez, Coordinator of the Infrastructure area of the Tekniker Foundation, presented the progress of the DAEKIN project at the 17th Conference on Maintenance in the Energy Sector that took place on 5 and 6 October in Bilbao. The conference was attended by all kinds of leading companies in the value chain of the energy sector, producers and service providers, who shared their most current practices and experiences by presenting real success stories that are allowing them to meet their business objectives in this field.