News
ACCIONA Agua enters the Dominican Republic with a contract to build a DWTP and multiple aqueduct
Date: 10/26/2009
The company clinches a 74 million euro contract for the construction and commissioning of a drinking water plant, a 17.5 km adduction line and a supply network in Peravia province.
The plant is essential for the local population, in an area blighted by a shortage of drinking water for more than 40 years.
Discounts of up to 35% on ACCIONA Real Estate homes at coming trade fairs
Date: 10/20/2009
The company will exhibit at Madrid’s SIMA Otoño, Seville’s Aquí Tu Casa and Barcelona Meeting Point.
ACCIONA Real Estate, the pioneer in eco-efficient housing, will be among the exhibitors at a number of coming real estate fairs, between October 22 and November 2 in Madrid, Seville and Barcelona. The company will offer discounts of up to 35 percent and a mortgage payments protection insurance policy on residential properties across Spain.
José Manuel Entrecanales, first Spanish member of the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Date: 10/16/2009
ACCIONA Chairman & CEO elected to the 14-member Committee, which oversees the strategy and vision of this prestigious business organization.
ACCIONA completes the commissioning of its biggest windpark in Australia
Date: 10/07/2009
Located in the State of Victoria, Waubra has a capacity of 192 MW and has represented an investment of 450 million Australian dollars (270 million Euros).
It consists of 128 wind turbines of ACCIONA Windpower technology, capable of covering the electricity consumption of 140,000 homes.
José Manuel Entrecanales: "The crisis is no excuse to delay measures aimed at fighting climate change -it should move us to take action"
Date: 09/22/2009
ACCIONA’s Chairman & CEO and the members of The Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change submitted a document to UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon containing specific measures against climate change, in advance of the Copenhagen summit.
ACCIONA dedicates its new 100.5 MW EcoGrove wind park in Illinois (USA)
Date: 09/18/2009
The facility comprises 67 ACCIONA Windpower 1.5 MW wind turbines, enough to power 25,000 homes.
ACCIONA Real Estate takes part in the ‘Outlet Inmobiliario’ real estate fair, with discounts of up to 35% on all its developments
Date: 09/11/2009
ACCIONA Real Estate spotlights its eco-efficient housing developments – located in Madrid and Guadalajara – and its rental properties in Parque Conde de Orgaz (Madrid).
ACCIONA leads Dow Jones Sustainability indices for third year running
Date: 09/03/2009
ACCIONA holds on to the top spot in its sector, ups its points total and scores higher in all three dimensions economic, environment and social.
ACCIONA wins a 30m euro contract to build three hospitals and a clinic in Mexico
Date: 08/24/2009
ACCIONA is building three hospitals and a ten-surgery Family Medicine Unit in Mexico, in a deal worth around 500 Mexican pesos (about 30 million euros). Construction work is under way on the 40-bed Tecate Hospital; two 30-bed Rural Hospitals in Aztalán (Veracruz) and Mamentel (Campeche), and a Family Medicine Unit comprising ten doctor’s surgeries in Mexicali (Baja California).
ACCIONA closes long-term financing for red hills wind farm project
Date: 08/18/2009
ACCIONA announced today the closing of two simultaneous project finance transactions– a tax equity and a debt transaction – which, in combination with sponsor equity from ACCIONA, provide long-term funding for the approximately $252 million capital investment in the company’s 123 MW Red Hills Wind Farm that went online this spring.
ACCIONA, GARRIGUES and CM CAPITAL MARKETS neutralize Carbon Expo 2009 emissions
Date: 08/03/2009
Carbon Expo 2009, the world’s largest climate change fair, neutralized its emissions by 148 tons of CO2 equivalent.
ACCIONA net leaps 343% to 1.198 billion euros in 1H/09
Date: 07/28/2009
Net financial debt falls 59 per cent to 7.353 billion euros; revenue amounts to 2.931 billion euros and EBITDA comes to 393 million.
ACCIONA opens its first CSP plant in Spain, in Extremadura
Date: 07/27/2009
The 50MW "Alvarado I" plant represents an investment of 236 million euros and will generate enough electricity to supply 28,000 homes.
This is the first Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility to come into operation in the Extremadura region, where ACCIONA is currently building a second plant.
ACCIONA has a CSP plant in the Nevada Desert (USA) which has been operating since 2007; it uses the same parabolic cylinder technology as the power plants in Spain.
The 130-hectare Alvarado facility has 184,320 mirrors aligned in rows for capturing sunlight.
ACCIONA seals €170m PPP deal to build and run Canada’s Fort St. John Hospital
Date: 07/23/2009
The Company takes its second hospital contract in Canada, a key market for ACCIONA.
ACCIONA Infrastructure has won a 270 million Canadian dollar contract to build and run the Fort St. John Hospital, in British Columbia, Canada. The project includes construction and design, and a 30-year Operation and Maintenance concession. The 55-bed hospital includes a residential annexe for seniors with an additional 123 beds, and covers a total 35,000 square metres.
Mitsubishi Corporation and ACCIONA sign an international strategic alliance focused on sustainability
Date: 07/13/2009
Agreement aims at global leadership in the development of renewable energy.
Mitsubishi Corporation, the Japanese general trading company (sogo shosha), and ACCIONA, the Spanish leader in renewable energies, infrastructure and water services, have signed a strategic alliance to develop and operate renewable energy projects and share innovation aimed at leading the development of sustainable solutions worldwide. Both companies signed the Memorandum of Understanding today in Madrid with "the firm commitment to promote economic and social development and protect the environment with a global perspective".