Cleantech for Iberia

€

676

million

Invested in Iberia Cleantech 2022

Iberia has the ingredients to become the next cleantech industrial hub: clean energy, a developing hydrogen economy and an existing industrial base. It could become a leader in sectors like green steel and long-duration energy storage.
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With a six-fold investment increase over five years, the Iberian cleantech ecosystem is ready to take off.

What’s needed to take the Iberian Cleantech Sector to the next level

Set the right conditions for Iberia to become a global industrial leader

in sectors like batteries, fertiliser and ceramics

Ensure policy pathways in Spain and Portugal consider all components of the value chain

for green hydrogen and long-duration energy storage technology

Increase the number of cleantech-focused funds

to leverage capital; encourage entrepreneurs to adopt a global mindset and scale into export markets beyond Spain and Portugal

Attract cleantech talent and facilitate access to deal flow

building on progressive policies like Spain Startup Nation and academia – industry alliances

Stronger collaboration between start-ups, finance, research institutions, corporates and government

to enhance the cleantech community

Open, transnational, multi-collaborative alliance

to bring together the critical ecosystem players and orchestrate the transition at speed and scale

Our mission

Cleantech for Iberia is a new initiative to orchestrate the cleantech innovators, investors and policymakers of the Iberian ecosystem and allow the peninsula to enhance its potential as an EU clean energy hub and a top location for clean industry.

Unlock all the insights

Iberia has the ingredients to become the next green energy-powered cleantech industrial hub

Download the Executive Summary of our forthcoming report

With clean energy, a developing hydrogen economy and an existing industrial base, Iberia could become a leader in sectors like green steel and long-duration energy storage.

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Part of the Cleantech for Europe Umbrella

Cleantech for Europe was formed in 2021 to bridge the gap between the cleantech community and European policymakers.

First coalition gathering 20+ European cleantech VC firms, has successfully advocated for EU policy advances in better financing and creating demand for cleantech.

Following early success of Cleantech for Europe, similar initatives are launching in selected countries and regions throughout Europe and beyond.

Cleantech for Europe is continuously looking for opportunities to promote the development and deployment of clean technologies locally, to provide input into national policy debates and to promote synergies and amplification of effort between regions and satelllite initiatives.

Bianca Dragomir is Director of Cleantech for Iberia, a new initiative that aims to make the region Europe's next cleantech industrial leader. Cleantech for Iberia is powered by Cleantech Group and supported by the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy.

Bianca has worked as an advisor for the European Commission’s High-Level Industrial Roundtables ‘Industry 2030’, ‘Industrial Clusters’ and ‘Skills for Renewable Industry.' She was the first woman to be named 'European Cluster Manager of the Year' by the Commission. Prior to joining Cleantech for Iberia, Bianca was CEO of the Valencian Clean Technologies Cluster for over a decade. She launched the first cleantech start-up accelerator in Spain, the first European Cluster Accelerator, and created Clusters of Change platform support a new generation of impact-driven cluster leaders across Europe and beyond.

Bianca earned two master's degrees: one in International Economics and European Integration (Universidad de Valencia, Spain) and one in Business Communication (SNSPA, Romania). She has completed studies in Exponential Thinking & Foresight at Singularity University, and frequently collaborates with MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence as well as with the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN).

Iberia as a leader in Europe’s clean energy transition