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14/08/2025 - 15:22 UTC +02:00Paula Leitón and Ana Peleteiro join the Iberdrola Ambassadors programme to promote equality through sport Iberdrola España, the company’s Spanish subsidiary, is further strengthening its commitment to promoting gender equality through sport with the recent addition of Paula Leitón and Ana Peleteiro to its Iberdrola Ambassadors programme. These two Spanish athletes join the 35 other sportswomen and role models who work to enhance the visibility and leadership of women in sport, and whom the company seeks to give maximum exposure to in the media and on social networks. Since 2016, Iberdrola España has been the main driving force behind women’s sport. It currently supports more than 600,000 athletes through its sponsorship of 35 national federations and lends its name to over 100 competitions. Thanks to this commitment, in the past nine years the number of female members in these federations has grown by more than 80%, reaching nearly 820,000. You can read the full news stories in Iberdrola España’s Press Room: * Paula Leitón lends her strength to the Iberdrola Ambassadors programme to promote equality through sport * Ana Peleteiro joins the Iberdrola Ambassadors programme to boost the drive for equality through sport READ MORE
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14/08/2025 - 09:06 UTC +02:00Iberdrola generated enough energy in the US in the first half of the year to supply 2.4 million homes. Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Avangrid , generated around 13,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy in the US in the first half of the year, enough electricity to supply about 2.4 million households in the country. Specifically, the group chaired by Ignacio Sánchez Galán has a total of 80 operating power facilities from coast to coast in the country, with a combined generation capacity of over 10.5 gigawatts (GW). At the start of the year, Iberdrola’s subsidiary announced the commercial operation of three new solar projects in Texas, California and Ohio, representing approximately 600 megawatts (MW) of new capacity. This helped increase Avangrid’s solar energy output by 125% compared to the first half of 2024. Since 2015, Avangrid has increased its generation capacity by 66%, the company reported. Avangrid highlighted that the energy generated by its growing portfolio of energy projects “demonstrates the company’s recognition of the US’s critical energy needs and its commitment to investments that deliver reliable and affordable energy to American homes and businesses, thereby contributing to achieving US energy dominance and meeting the rapidly growing demand.” Iberdrola’s US subsidiary currently has 10 projects supplying over 1.5GW of energy to data centres and leading technology and artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the country. In addition, the group has a further five projects under construction, totalling nearly 700MW, which are helping these companies meet their urgent energy needs. Strategic commitment to the US In March, Iberdrola reaffirmed its commitment to the US, with investment plans of over $20 billion (about €18.303 billion) in grid infrastructure through to 2030. The US is a strategic country for the energy company. In fact, last July it completed a capital increase of about €5B to finance the investment plan to accelerate its growth in electricity networks there and in the UK, mainly. The utility, which will hold its Capital Markets Day in London on 24 September, expects its network asset base to exceed €90 billion in 2031, compared to €30 billion in 2020, tripling in just a decade. You can read the full article in Avangrid’s Media Room . READ MORE
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11/08/2025 - 12:20 UTC +02:00The Eastern Green Link 4 project reaches a new milestone with the selection of the preferred bidder ScottishPower Energy Networks, Iberdrola's distributor in the United Kingdom , and National Grid Electricity Transmission reached an important milestone in the development of the Eastern Green Link 4 project (EGL4), a new subsea electricity 'motorway', by choosing Siemens Energy as the preferred bidder for the project's two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations. EGL4 is a new 2 GW high-voltage direct current subsea power link that will transport clean, domestically produced energy between Fife, Scotland and West Norfolk, England. This 530 km high-voltage cable will increase the region's energy capacity and security. Much of the UK's new offshore and onshore wind generation is located in or around Scotland, but the current transmission grid does not have the capacity to transport all this clean electricity to where it is needed most. Long-distance, bidirectional subsea infrastructure such as EGL4 is essential to strengthen the UK's energy security with domestic energy and keep bill prices down by reducing dependence on imported and expensive fossil fuels. EGL4 recently completed its second phase of public consultation at both ends of the link. Construction is expected to begin in 2029, with the project coming online in 2033. You can read the full news story at the ScottishPower Energy Networks Press Room . READ MORE
