TECNALIA Research & Innovation, legally a Foundation, is a private, independent and non-profit research organisation. TECNALIA is the leading private and independent research and technology organisation in Spain employing around 1,300 people (225 PhDs) with an income of 100.2 M€ in 2016. TECNALIA has 6 business divisions, Energy and Environment, Industry and Transport, Sustainable Construction, Health, ICT and Technological Services. TECNALIA has been granted over 396 patents and promoted more than 30 spin-off companies. TECNALIA is a key agent in the ERA – European Research Area. TECNALIA actively participates in the governing bodies of several European Technology Platforms, PPPs and JTIs (EEB, FOF, SPIRE, ARTEMIS, etc.). TECNALIA participated in 377 FP7 EU funded projects (coordinating 85 of them) and it is currently participating in 152 H2020 projects (coordinating 31 of them). TECNALIA is a member of EARTO and EUROTECH, linking together the most important research organisations in Europe.