{"id":4382,"date":"2021-11-24T09:17:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T09:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bilogistik.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2021-11-24T09:17:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T09:17:13","slug":"basque-hydrogen-corridor-holds-its-first-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bilogistik.com\/en\/blog\/basque-hydrogen-corridor-holds-its-first-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basque Hydrogen Corridor holds its first meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Basque Hydrogen Corridor<\/strong> (BH2C) held its first meeting<\/strong> on Monday, 8th November, at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.<\/p>\n

The event was officially opened<\/strong> by the Minister for Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Arantxa Tapia<\/strong>, who welcomed the attendees online from Glasgow, where she was attending the COP26 climate summit.<\/p>\n

Collaboration for decarbonisation<\/h2>\n

The Basque Hydrogen Corridor was presented in February and has the support of exceedingly important companies and organisations in the Basque industrial fabric<\/strong>, such as ArcelorMittal, Astilleros Murueta, Bilbao City Council, CAF, CIE Automotive, Energy Cluster, \u00c1lava and Bizkaia Provincial Councils, EVE, Garbiker, Idom, Irizar, University of Mondrag\u00f3n, University of the Basque Country, the Basque Technology Parks, Port of Bilbao, Sener, Sidenor, Tecnalia, Tubos Reunidos and others bringing the number to 71 participants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This project stems from the initiative of Petronor (Repsol) and its strategic decision to invest in energy transition projects in the Basque Country<\/strong>. Its aim is to convert the zone into a hydrogen hub<\/strong> focussed on redirecting the whole Basque industrial ecosystem towards decarbonisation and the green economy.<\/p>\n

A cooperative and technological challenge<\/h2>\n

Jose Ignacio Zudaire, president of the BH2C<\/strong>, outlined the association\u2019s core lines at this first meeting.<\/p>\n

He explained that creation of the association has highlighted \u201cthe firm commitment of companies and organisations to make progress in decarbonisation<\/strong>, using hydrogen as an energy vector.\u201d Zudaire also stressed the need to cooperate<\/strong> in tackling the challenge and with the help of technology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to Zudaire, \u201cenergy transition will only be sustainable if, together with the challenge of decarbonisation, we address the commitment to maintain the weight of the industry in the GDP<\/strong>.\u201d Here he stated that \u201cthe Basque Country must make a firm commitment to leading the sector<\/strong>\u201d as it has done in the past in the steel, machine-tool, automotive and renewable energies sectors.<\/p>\n

To give an idea of the extent of the initiative, it is estimated that the BH2C will generate more than 1,340 direct and 6,700 indirect jobs<\/strong>. It will also promote projects related with the following sectors:<\/p>\n