The Basque Government Industry Department energy R&D delegation ended its 5-day exploratory tour of the UK in talks on the complexities and challenges of hydrogen storage in a fuel cells context with Prof. Peter Edwards, Head of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford.
The visit to Oxford ended an intense week of contacts [...]
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Basque energy R&D delegation UK tour ends with visit to the University of Oxford
25 October 2008 – 8:13 pm
Basque Country R&D visitors meet University of Cambridge and Imperial College London energy research leaders
24 October 2008 – 8:09 am
The Basque Government Industry Department delegation made an early Thursday morning start for the University of Cambridge Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy where they were warmly welcomed by the Department Head Prof. Lindsay Greer and members of his team, including a French Basque who made the visitors feel at home and for a while [...]
Basque visitors discuss fuel cell development research and marine energy device testing expertise in Newcastle upon Tyne
23 October 2008 – 2:20 pm
Day 3 of the Basque Government Department of Industry visit to the UK saw Javier Marqués, the Director of Renewable Energy at the Basque Energy Board, join his Industry colleagues in Newcastle upon Tyne to take part in the marine energy related visits and talks. The visitors were firstly truly and pleasantly surprised by the [...]
Basque visitors impressed by the University of Edinburgh involvement in marine energy research and their wave tank facility
22 October 2008 – 7:04 am
Day two of the Basque Government Industry Department visit to the UK saw their representatives Jesús Goiri and José Manuel Castellanos, braving a chillingly cold but dry Scottish autumn morning and setting off for the University of Edinburgh for talks with Prof. Robin Wallace, Head of the Institute for Energy Systems, and other members of [...]
Basque R&D energy sector visitors establish first contacts in Scotland
21 October 2008 – 8:26 am
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An early morning Monday start took us by rail from a windy and heavily rain swept Edinburgh to the “less” harsh weather of Fife and the St Andrews University School of Chemistry looking out over one of the best known golf courses in the world. There the Basque delegation talked [...]
Basques in pursuit of basic R&D excellence in energy sector
20 October 2008 – 8:20 am
div>We got here! For those of you that do not know the Basque Country is in northern Spain bordering on south west France. We set off for Scotland yesterday afternoon from Bilbao, the area’s economic and industrial capital at 13.30 and arrived in Edinburgh via Frankfurt at 17.30 local time. The Basque Government Industry Department [...]
Basques seeking sustainable energy solutions in the UK
17 October 2008 – 12:15 pm
Hi there! Next Sunday 19 October I shall be setting off with members of the Basque Government Department of Industry on a one week tour of the UK during which we shall be visiting universities and R&D establishments involved in energy storage and fuel cells. A lot of different stakeholders have put a lot of work and effort into [...]
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