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11/10/2024 - 09:00 UTC +02:00Iberdrola doubles UK investment Iberdrola has announced plans to more than double its UK investment plans, ahead of the UK’s International Investment Summit in London next Monday (14 October). Through its ScottishPower business, Iberdrola has invested £30 billion in the UK over the last 15 years driven by the country’s clear and stable policies and its predictable regulatory frameworks. On top of this, after the Electricity North West (ENW) integration announced this summer , the UK has already become the Group’s largest investment destination to 2026. And, given Britain’s significant power demand growth prospects and the energy policies set out to promote Net Zero, industrialization and electrification, Iberdrola is now setting out a new plan to upweight and accelerate investment in the UK that could reach £24bn between 2024-2028, doubling its previous plan to invest £12bn over the same period. You can read the full story at ScottishPower Newsroom. READ MORE
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09/10/2024 - 16:04 UTC +02:00Ignacio Galán: "People have to be the focus of any business" The Comillas Pontifical University has awarded an honorary doctorate to the Executive Chairman of Iberdrola, Ignacio Galán , for his career and his involvement and commitment to green energy. Galán focused his speech on defending the economy’s electrification since it contributes to improving productivity, improves access to essential services such as education and health and promotes social and economic inclusion. In his speech, he recalled the "social dividend" as a hallmark of the company "with which we are explicitly committed to ensuring that our business is a daily source of jobs, innovation, protection of the environment, contribution to the public coffers and protection of the most vulnerable groups", and added that "never in history has it been more necessary for companies to act truly responsibly towards the communities they serve. People have to be the focus of any business". At the beginning of his speech, Galán had some affectionate words for the university where he studied engineering. "In receiving this doctorate today, I pledge my personal commitment to preserving the honour bestowed upon me and to pass on the legacy I received from this institution", he assured after thanking the university, his family and his colleagues at the ICAI for this recognition. "Each of us is given certain abilities – some innate and others acquired throughout our lives – and our duty is to make the most of them, to develop this material, intellectual and spiritual wealth, and to make it grow for the benefit of all", he said. Galán recalled his five decade-long career, his time at Tudor batteries, ITP aeronautics, telecommunications at Airtel and, finally, electrical energy at Iberdrola, on which he focused the bulk of his speech. He said he has had three maxims at work: people, i.e. talent, innovation and internationalisation. Galán insisted that renewable energy sources will give society "greater security and independence, reduce our vulnerability and our dependence on imports". The Executive Chairman of Iberdrola offered some figures on the future of electrification, such as the fact that electricity demand will double in the next 25 years, according to the International Energy Agency. European households' energy bills can be reduced by 45% by 2050 by replacing oil and natural gas with renewable electricity, according to Eurelectric. The Executive Chairman acknowledged that past experience has taught him that any industrial reconversion is tremendously complex and therefore requires courage, determination and a community outlook. However, he urged us to "distance ourselves equally from the dogmatism that demonises certain energy solutions and from the immobility promoted by those who see a status quo that they have been favoured by for decades as being in danger". The event, held in the Aula Magna of the university and attended by some 400 guests, was presided over by the rector, Antonio Allende Felgueroso SJ. The laudatio was given by Professor Mariano Ventosa, Vice-Rector for Research and Teaching Staff and an expert in electronic engineering. Galán is the seventh honorary doctor in the history of ICAI. Previous recipients include a US Secretary of Energy, a president of MIT, leading scientists and former professors. It is, therefore, the first time that a businessman and alumnus of the centre has received this distinction at ICAI. In its history, the University of Comillas has only recognised around thirty other people, including, for example, three 'fathers of the Constitution' and important international jurists and economists. Some of the other recognitions and awards that the Executive Chairman of Iberdrola has received are honorary doctorates from the University of Edinburgh (2011), from the University of Salamanca (2011), and from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). He was also named 'Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire' by Queen Elizabeth II. READ MORE
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09/10/2024Iberdrola invests in innovation, sustainability and smart grids at Startup Olé Salamanca Iberdrola has reaffirmed its commitment to innovation , sustainability, digital transformation and knowledge in smart grids at the Startup Olé Salamanca, a major global event for tech entrepreneurship. The head of Iberdrola's Grid business in Salamanca, Ávila and Zamora, Elsa García, and the head of Perseo – Iberdrola's Open Innovation and Investment Programme with Startups –, Óscar Cantalejo, presented this morning in the space set up by the company at Startup Olé, one of the most important international events in the entrepreneurial ecosystem being held this week in the city of Salamanca, the main innovations Iberdrola is working on and investing in. Cantalejo stressed the company's commitment to entrepreneurs: "We’ve investing and working with start-ups since 2008 to promote a more sustainable and forward-looking industry around the energy transition, creating high quality jobs and making progress. This collaboration with start-ups is key to continue pushing the decarbonisation and electrification of the economy forward and also allows us to support Iberdrola's growth with agile and dynamic technology partners". Elsa Garcia emphasised that "Iberdrola wants to remain at the forefront of the energy transition by developing new business and technological models in distribution grids. The electricity system is going through an unprecedented transformation and the grids are the cornerstone of the energy revolution, an essential platform for moving towards a decarbonised economy, which favours the development of an electricity system with more renewable sources, sustainable mobility, smart cities and self-consumption". At the company's innovation space at Startup Olé, Garcia showed a 3D model of an electrical substation and represented in extended virtual reality (Digital Twin), different use cases with drones with impressive inspection videos and a pilot initiative with cutting-edge technology to insulate power lines and protect birdlife. "Pioneering technology projects, almost unnoticeable to the human eye, but which can be an effective and highly advanced solution to protect the environment," he says. World Centre for Smart Grid Innovation Iberdrola's Grids Business, through the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub , has created an ecosystem to promote innovation, developing talent through collaboration with universities, offering opportunities to students and preparing future professionals. More than 15 years innovating Iberdrola has been innovating in the energy sector for more than 15 years through its start-up programme, PERSEO, which has invested more than €200 M in start-ups that develop innovative technologies and business models, focusing on those that improve the sustainability of the energy industry through greater electrification and decarbonisation of the economy. The programme's ecosystem includes more than 7,500 start-ups, including unicorns - companies valued at more than $1 B. University-Business Technology Transfer Iberdrola, which this year is once again one of the main promoters of Startup Olé through its Energy Transition vertical, has shown in Salamanca its commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation and reaffirms its investment in digital transformation and sustainability and its collaboration with the University of Salamanca, where it actively promotes the University-Business technology transfer, in a close alliance for the launch of R&D&I projects and training initiatives in areas of common interest. READ MORE
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09/10/2024 - 11:26 UTC +02:00Iberdrola launches "The Journey" in the UK Through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower , Iberdrola has presented its new campaign "The Journey", which shows the company's commitment to sustainability. ScottishPower is the UK's first integrated energy company producing 100% green electricity , with more than 3,000 MW of installed capacity, to build a brighter future. You can find out more about the campaign on the ScottishPower website . READ MORE
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07/10/2024 - 14:44 UTC +02:00Iberdrola's robot dog "Sparky" recognised for improving grid quality with innovative robotics Iberdrola, through its US subsidiary Avangrid , has received the prestigious Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC) 2024 award for its contribution to operational excellence in the electric utility industry. Avangrid was recognised for its collaboration with Boston Dynamics and Levatas in the creation of a pilot to progress in substation inspections using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve customer service quality. This collaboration led to the development and implementation of a mobile robot called "Sparky", inspired by a dog, to detect and analyse substation equipment, ensuring safety and reliability for customers. You can read the full story at the Avangrid Newsroom . READ MORE
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07/10/2024 - 09:00 UTC +02:00Iberdrola helps the people affected by Hurricane John in Mexico Iberdrola, through its subsidiary in Mexico -Iberdrola Mexico- delivered 1,000 food packages with basic necessities to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) for distribution. Hurricane John made landfall on 23 September as a category 3 cyclone, causing loss of life, severe flooding and landslides in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Michoacán. For several years, Iberdrola Mexico has collaborated with the Sedena when the DN-III-E Plan is activated to assist people in cases of disasters through its Energy for Mexico programme. You can read the full story at Iberdrola Mexico's Communications Room. READ MORE
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04/10/2024Ignacio Galán attends, together with the King of Spain, the VI Edition of the Forum La Toja-Vínculo Atlántico The 6th edition of the La Toja-Atlantic Link Forum has once again brought together some of the most influential businessmen, intellectuals, economists and politicians on the international scene for three days. Ignacio Galán , Chairman of Iberdrola, took part in the opening ceremony of the event, inaugurated by King Felipe VI on the island of La Toja, in Pontevedra (northwest Spain). This is an international benchmark event for debate and reflection on the defence of the values of democratic societies. And on this occasion it has been presented in a decisive year, in which a new framework of global geostrategic relations is being defined with the elections in the United States, as well as the European elections, without forgetting the wars in Ukraine and Gaza or the protectionist tensions in the global economy. READ MORE
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04/10/2024Iberdrola selected for 385 million euro Federal Capacity Contract in Maine Iberdrola, through its US subsidiary Avangrid, has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as a candidate to negotiate a $425 million (around €385 million) grid access capacity contract for its Aroostook transmission project in Maine. The decision is part of the state agency's Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP). The Aroostook project involves the construction of a new substation in Haynesville, Maine and a 345 kV, 111-mile (about 178 km), 1,200 MW capacity alternating current transmission line connecting to the New England grid. It will also include a new 38.5-mile (almost 62 km) 345 kV overhead line. This infrastructure would provide the New England region with access to low-cost, high-quality renewable energy generated in northern Maine, but would also create jobs, develop the local economy and many other community benefits. You can read the full story in the Avangrid Communications Room. READ MORE
