1.1 Iberdrola Today

Our activities

  • Production of electricity from renewable and conventional sources.
  • Purchase/sale of electricity and gas on wholesale markets.
  • Transmission and distribution of electricity.
  • Supply of electricity, gas and related energy services.
  • Other activities, mainly linked to the energy sector.

Presence focused on the Atlantic area

Iberdrola carries out its activities mainly in the five countries of the Atlantic area: Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil and Mexico.

What we are

Following the process of internationalisation in recent years, Iberdrola is now one of the leading electric companies, and among the largest utilities in the world by stock market capitalisation.

The corporate and governance structure is described in chapter 5.1 of this report and consists of:

  • Iberdrola, as a holding company.
  • Country subholding companies in the 5 main geographic areas of activity.
  • Head of business companies reporting to the country subholding companies.

Iberdrola is one of the leading electric utilities in the world.

Iberdrola group 2017 data

48,447
MW
Installed capacity

29,112
MW
Renewable installed capacity

137,632
GWh
Net output

1,156,611
Km
Power lines

230,122
GWh
Electric power distributed

34.4
Million
users

34,255
People
Direct employment

5,891
€M
Investments

7,111
€M
Direct tax contribution

400,000
People1
Direct, indirect and induced employment

8,648
€M
Procurement

(1) Data from a Study of Iberdrola’s Impact, prepared by PwC, for financial year 2016.