Cleaner energy, EnergiBasque
The strategy’s mission is to support the consolidation of a competitive network of companies and scientific-technological agents within the energy sector, which will contribute to the smart specialisation of the Basque economy and become a source of wealth, employment and quality of life for the Basque Country.
EnergiBasque’s mission is to boost the competitiveness of companies in the energy sector in global markets through technological innovation, based on the Basque Country’s smart specialisation policies and with the support of the agents of the Basque science and technology network, whereas its vision is to make the Basque Country a benchmark territory in Europe for the development of industrial and technological initiatives in the prioritised energy fields, in such a way that they contribute decisively to the generation of wealth, employment and quality of life.
“Take advantage of new business opportunities in the energy markets, the pull effect of leading companies and technological innovations”
EnergiBasque
Basque energy sector figures
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Global Turnover
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24% in the Basque Country
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Global employees
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27% in the Basque Country
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In global R&D activity
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58% in the Basque Country
To this end, three global objectives are proposed:
Attraction and involvement of leading companies in the global markets
To exert a pull effect along value chains, by setting technological challenges and strategic initiatives to improve the competitive positioning of supplier companies
Support for entrepreneurial and technological activities
With the aim of taking advantage of new business opportunities in the energy markets, based on the competitive advantages of the industrial fabric and the areas of specialisation of the scientific-technological agents
Promoting the application and integration of key cross-cutting technologies
For the development of value-added solutions in the prioritised energy areas and challenges
The EnergiBasque strategy identifies eight strategic areas (value chains) and five enabling technologies
8 strategic areas
They are based on traditional or emerging value chains in the sector.
5 enabling technologies
Areas of knowledge both specific to the energy sector and other related sectors that facilitate the development of traditional value chains.
For companies that want to improve their competitiveness in a context of energy-climate transition
- For energy operators
- Manufacturers and service companies for the energy industry
- And equipment and component manufacturers
EnergiBasque is one of the areas of smart specialisation that is part of the RIS 3 Strategy and the Basque Country’s 2030 Science, Technology and Innovation Plan.
It is developed through a public-private collaboration scheme, under the supervision and coordination of the RIS3 Energy Steering Group coordinated by the SPRI Group.
And it is part of the European Green Deal, the European Climate Pact. At the Paris Climate Summit, nearly 200 countries agreed to move towards a zero-emissions scenario by 2050, adhering to the energy transition.
Its mission is to make the Basque Country a benchmark territory in Europe in the development of industrial and technological initiatives in the main energy fields, so that the transition generates wealth, employment and quality of life.

