Exchange with Basque Country, Spain

Exchange with Basque Country, Spain

Population： 2.17 million(2019) Area：7,234㎢ Capital：Vitoria-Gasteiz Main characteristics: (1) It has one of Spain's leading port and industrial cities. (2) The main industries are the automobile industry, aircraft industry, energy industry and machine tool industry, and about 20 industrial clusters have been established mainly in these fields. (3) It has a large concentration of wind power generation-related industries, where many related companies, including international wind turbine manufacturers, are based.

Exchange so far:

▼Signing of MoU　▼General exchange

Signing of MoU

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Basque Country (October 2019)

Governor Uchibori and Prime Minister Urkullu have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding cooperation in the field of renewable energy in order to further expand exchanges in this field of industry.

Signing of an MoU between the Basque Energy Cluster (BEC) and EnergyAgency.FUKUSHIMA (EAF)（May 2019）

On 30th May 2019 an MoU has been signed between BEC, a non-profit organisation with the mission of improving global competitiveness of the Basque energy sector companies, and EAF which promotes the development of renewable energy in Fukushima Prefecture. An international wind turbine maker and many related companies are based in the Basque Country, an industrial region in northern Spain with several harbours.

Official homepage of Basque Energy Cluster (BEC) (English)

General exchange

▼FY2020　▼FY2019　▼FY2018

FY2020

Date	Topic
October 28and29,2020	Basque Country exhibiting for the first time at REIF Fukushima (8 companies/organizations) ※Partially remote exhibition and online matching

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FY2019

Date	Topic
May 30,2019	Signing of an MoU between the Basque Energy Cluster (BEC) and EnergyAgency.FUKUSHIMA (EAF)
July 4and5,2019	The Director of the Basque Energy Agency, Iñigo Ansola visits Fukushima Prefecture ・Courtesy visit to Vice Governor Ide ・Observing the efforts of Fukushima Prefecture in the field of renewable energy and holding a lecture at a joint seminar
October 9,2019	Governor Uchibori visits Basque Country ・Meeting with Prime Minister Urkullu of Basque Country ・Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Basque Country ・Holding of 'Fukushima Basque Country Seminar' and Reception

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FY2018　

Date	Topic
February 8,2019	Visit to Basque Country by then Deputy Director Niizeki of the Commerce, Industry & Labour Department ・Visit to the Basque Country Ministry of Economy and Energy Agency ・Visit to the Basque Energy Cluster ・Visit to several companies in Basque Country

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