On 28 April, BASQUENERGY Cluster, together with the EIC and BH2C, organised a workshop on the hydrogen and renewable fuels ecosystem for a delegation of more than 20 people from the Upper Austria region, including public institutions, universities and R centres, and private companies.
The visit was led by the Minister for Economy, Research and Energy of the Upper Austria region, one of the country’s most industrially powerful regions and part of the Hydrogen Industrial Inland Valley, a hydrogen valley recognised by the European Commission.
The delegation comprised the following research centres: the JKU Linz Energy Institute, the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria – Hagenberg Campus, Interdisciplinary Transformation University (IT:U), and the companies LAT Nitrogen (a European supplier of nitrogen products for the fertiliser and industrial chemicals market), RAG Austria (the national gas storage company) and ENERGIE AG (the region’s leading DSO).
At the EIC, BASQUENERGY Cluster organised a workshop for the delegation, presenting the capabilities of the Basque industry in the hydrogen and renewable fuels sector, as well as updates from BH2C. In addition, PETRONOR presented the hydrogen-related projects being carried out at the refinery, and the companies NORTEGAS and H2SITE presented their capabilities and projects under development. At the end of the workshop, the delegation visited the EIC’s infrastructure and the projects being carried out in its immediate surroundings.
In the following days, the Austrian delegation travelled to Donosti/San Sebastián to visit the facilities of TECNALIA, CIDETEC and VICOMTECH, and returned to Bilbao to visit IBERDROLA’s Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub.