News
ACCIONA triples EBITDA to 2.1 billion euro
Date: 11/14/2008
Net income amounted to 413 million euro, 2.8% more than the same period of 2007.
Revenues increased by 89.4% to 9.353 billion euro, capital expenditure by 75% to 1.94 billion euro.
January-September 2008 Results Presentation Multi-conference
Date: 11/13/2008
January-September 2008 Results Presentation.
Friday, 14 th November 2008 at 12:00 hrs p.m. (CET).
ACCIONA Real Estate inaugurates new web site with improved navigation and property search
Date: 11/04/2008
acciona-inmobiliaria.es launches its new website with an innovative design clear customer-focus.
The new design spotlights the company's focus on the environment and its innovations with the inclusion of a special section on Corporate Social Responsibility.
ACCIONA holds first Occupational Health and Safety Seminar
Date: 10/28/2008
Leading experts from the government, workplace accident insurance companies, representatives from business and the legal profession and social players participated in ACCIONA’s first Occupational Health and Safety Seminar, organised by Madrid's Institute for Training (Instituto Madrileño de Formación).
ACCIONA Real Estate expands its business in Brazil
Date: 10/21/2008
The company has acquired a total of 102,560 square metres of land to build 177 homes in Guarujá (in the state of Sao Paulo) and 1,253 homes in Betim (state of Minas Gerais).
This purchase coincides with the commencement of home sales in Resende (state of Río de Janeiro), where ACCIONA Real Estate owns 213,000 square metres of land.
ACCIONA Energy invests 366 million euros in two wind parks in the United States
Date: 10/17/2008
Located in the states of Illinois and Oklahoma, they are now under construction and will be completed by the end of this year.
Their total capacity is 223.5 megawatts, distributed in 149 wind turbines of ACCIONA Windpower technology.
They will produce clean energy equivalent to the consumption of 65,000 US homes.
ACCIONA appoints Executive Director for Latin America strengthening its international presence Executive
Date: 10/16/2008
Osvaldo Puccio will join the international team, headed by Frank Gelardin. As part of ACCIONA's international strategy, the company is enhancing its presence in Latin America by appointing Osvaldo Puccio as Executive Director for Latin America.
ACCIONA Real Estate presents its eco-efficient homes in Cantabria at ExpoVivienda Cántabra
Date: 10/15/2008
The company will showcase its selection of first and second homes and the shopping centre it plans to build in Castro Urdiales.
ACCIONA Trasmediterranea adds a state-of-the-art ferry to its Palma de Mallorca-Valencia route
Date: 10/13/2008
Audacia is the largest ferry on the Peninsula-Balearic Island route; it fuses cutting-edge cargo logistics with a top-class passenger area.
ACCIONA Trasmediterranea resumes overnight ferry service from Palma de Mallorca to Barcelona
Date: 10/13/2008
Two ferries to cross paths daily between Barcelona and Mallorca.The people of Mallorca may once again spend the day in Barcelona and return home at night by ferry.
The company will double its daily cargo capacity with Mallorca, improve crew rotation and establish new transport lines for goods destined for the island.
ACCIONA and ACS sign 1 billion euro concession for the A-30 toll road in Canada
Date: 10/09/2008
The concession company closed funding for 82% of the project cost in a record three months.
According to the Quebec government, this public-private partnership (PPP) represents significant savings and will create almost 19,000 jobs.
ACCIONA Trasmediterránea joins the Human Rights Caravan
Date: 10/06/2008
ACCIONA Trasmediterránea is providing assistance to the Human Rights Caravan organised by Spain's General Bar Council and provincial Bar Councils to "disseminate, raise awareness and inform about the defence of these fundamental rights." The company is sponsoring transport of the Caravan to the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands as part of its route along the Mediterranean Coast and the two archipelagos.
ACCIONA Trasmediterranea lays the keel the second RO-RO ship
Date: 10/02/2008
They are the largest fast RORO ships currently under construction, at a total cost of more than 200 million euro.
ACCIONA now in the Electrical Utility Category of MSCI and Standard & Poor's Indices
Date: 10/01/2008
As of today, ACCIONA is part of the electric utility category in the MSCI Global Standard and Standard & Poor's indices after its GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) category was modified due to changes in ACCIONA's key figures as a result of growth in its renewable energy business and the fact that it manages Endesa.
ACCIONA Windpower introduces its 3 MW wind turbine at PowerExpo 2008 Exhibition in Zaragoza (Spain)
Date: 09/25/2008
With rotor diameters of 100, 109 and 116 meters, the turbine has the largest swept area in the market at that capacity.
It will be supplied with concrete tower of 100 or 120 meters hub height.
In just four years, ACCIONA has become the seventh world manufacturer in terms of MW supplied.
